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U+570D, 圍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-570D

[U+570C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+570E]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 31, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 田木一手 (WDMQ), four-corner 60506, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 220, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4806
  • Dae Jaweon: page 451, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 722, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+570D

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : semantic (enclosure) + phonetic (OC *ɢʷɯl, to surround).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: û - common variant.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (35) (35)
Final () (21) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter hjw+j hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉi/ /ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨi/ /ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəi/ /ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuj/ /ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəi/ /ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəi/ /ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯i/ /we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wéi wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wai4 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wéi
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/
English surround

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12816 12834
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯl/ /*ɢʷɯls/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to surround; to encircle; to corral
      ―  shǒu lā shǒu wéi chéng yī quān  ―  to hold hands and form a circle
  2. all sides
      ―  zhōuwéi  ―  around
  3. girth
      ―  yāowéi  ―  waistline
  4. (often in Guangdong and Hong Kong place names) walled village (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  gat1 hing3 wai4 [Jyutping]  ―  Kat Hing Wai (a walled village in Yuen Long, Hong Kong)
  5. (Cantonese) Classifier for number of tables at a restaurant or a feast. (usually twelve people per table)
  6. (Cantonese) to tally; to calculate (an amount)
  7. (medicine) peri-

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to surround):

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Vietnamese: vây (to encircle)

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. to surround, encircle

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 둘레, 에워쌀 (dulle, ewossal wi))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: vi, , vây, vầy,

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