See also:
U+5049, 偉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5049

[U+5048]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+504A]

Translingual

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Alternative forms

In Japanese kanji, the bottom component of is written with four strokes. In Traditional Chinese, the bottom component is written with three strokes.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +9 in Chinese, 人+10 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人木一手 (ODMQ), four-corner 24256, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 110, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 837
  • Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 198, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5049

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦujX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəiX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12825
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

  1. extraordinary; magnificent; great; robust

Antonyms

Compounds

  • 偉麗伟丽
  • 傀偉傀伟
  • 厥功甚偉厥功甚伟
  • 厥功至偉厥功至伟
  • 壯偉壮伟 (zhuàngwěi)
  • 奇偉奇伟
  • 宏偉宏伟 (hóngwěi)
  • 宏偉壯觀宏伟壮观
  • 恢偉恢伟
  • 氣勢雄偉气势雄伟
  • 英才俊偉英才俊伟

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]

󠄃
+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. admirable

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
on’yomi

/wi//i/

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦʉiX).

Pronunciation

Noun

() (i)  (wi)?

  1. (literary) greatness

Adjective

() (i)  (wi)?-na (adnominal () (i na), adverbial () (i ni))

  1. (literary) great
Inflection

Affix

() (i)  (wi)?

  1. great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see えらい.
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: えらい.)

References

  1. ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 훌륭할 (hullyunghal wi))

  1. Hanja form? of (to be extraordinary).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: , vỉ

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Derived terms

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