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Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Japan (Swap strokes 9 and 8 for Taiwan.) | |||
威 (Kangxi radical 38,女+6, 9 strokes,cangjie input戈竹一女 (IHMV),four-corner53200,composition⿵戌女)
| Historical forms of the character威 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 戌 + 女.
| trad. | 威 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 威 | |
畏 (OC*quls, “to fear”) is the exoactive derivation of威 (OC*qul, “to overawe”), literally "to be intimidated" (Schuessler, 2007). In early writing, the character for畏 was sometimes used directly as a substitute of威(wēi) (e.g. in theDa Yu ding inscription).
鬼 (OC*kulʔ, “ghost”) is a derivation (Baxter and Sagart, 1998).
| Variety | Location | 威 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uei⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /uei⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /vei²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /vei²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ve²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /uei²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /uei²¹/ | |
| Xining | /uɨ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /vei⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /vei³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /vei⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /uei⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /uei⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /uei⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /uei⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /uəi³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ue²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vei¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /uei¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /vei³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ue⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /ue̞⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ʔui³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /v̠u³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ue³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /ue¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /uei³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /uəi³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ui⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /vi⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /vui²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wɐi⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /wɐi⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /wɐi⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ui⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uoi⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /y⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /ui³³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /ui²³/ /ui³⁵/俗 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 威 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 於非切 |
| Baxter | 'jw+j |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔuj/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 威 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wēi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔuj/ |
| English | awe-inspiring |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 威 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12789 |
| Phonetic component | 威 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 威 |
| Old Chinese | /*qul/ |
威
| trad. | 威 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 威 | |
威
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 威 |
| い Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
/wi/ →/i/
FromMiddle Chinese威 (MC 'jw+j).
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