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Translingual

Han character

(radical 178 +9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日人木一手 (AODMQ), four-corner 64805, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1394, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43176
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4507, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+97D9

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qral
*qʷɯl
*qʰʷɯl
*qʰʷɯls
*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12822
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

  1. right
  2. proper
  3. propriety

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. right
  2. proper
  3. propriety

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

  1. correct
  2. right