偉

See also: 伟
偉 U+5049, 偉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5049
← 偈
[U+5048]
CJK Unified Ideographs 偊 →
[U+504A]

Translingual

Japanese 偉
Simplified 伟
Traditional 偉

Alternative forms

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

Han character

偉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+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 ⿰亻韋)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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. 偉
simp. 伟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偉
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/形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 偉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 于鬼切
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 偉
Reading # 1/1
No. 12825
Phonetic
component
韋
Rime
group
微
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
韙
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

偉

  1. extraordinary; magnificent; great; robust

Antonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai 偉
Kyūjitai
[1]

偉󠄃
偉+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

偉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. admirable

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
偉
い
Grade: S
on’yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 偉 (MC hjw+jX).

Pronunciation

Noun

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. (literary) greatness

Adjective

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?-na (adnominal 偉(い)な (i na), adverbial 偉(い)に (i ni))

  1. (literary) great

Inflection

Affix

偉(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary

Derived terms

References

  1. “偉”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

偉 (eumhun 훌륭할 위 (hullyunghal wi))

  1. Hanja form? of 위 (“to be extraordinary”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

偉: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉ

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Derived terms

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