畏

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畏 U+754F, 畏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-754F
← 畎
[U+754E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 畐 →
[U+7550]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

畏 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田一女 (WMV), four-corner 60732, composition ⿳田一⿰𠄌⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿱田⿸⿱一𠄌⿺乀丿(HT))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 760, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21778
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2532, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+754F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 畏
alternative forms
 
𠂽
𤰣
𤰰
𤰲
𤰴
𠂽
𤰣
𤰰
𤰲
𤰴
𤰵
𤱖
𤱫
𪽉
𰢼

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 畏
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
煨 *quːl
偎 *quːl
隈 *quːl, *quːls
椳 *quːl
鰃 *quːl
渨 *quːl
葨 *quːl
揋 *quːl
猥 *quːlʔ
嵔 *quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡 *quːlʔ
碨 *quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲 *quːlʔ
餵 *qrols
畏 *quls

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) .

In oracle bone script form, this character depicts a ghost (鬼 (guǐ)) holding a stick. (Hsiao-ting Li)

The small seal glyph was analysed by Shuo Wen as a ghost head (甶 (fú)) with part of a tiger, including its claw.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • ui3 - literary;
  • uin3 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 畏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於胃切
Baxter 'jw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔujH/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiuəiH/
Wang
Li 		/ĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		wai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 畏
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔuj-s/
English fear (v.); threaten

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 畏
Reading # 1/1
No. 12939
Phonetic
component 		畏
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		尉
Old
Chinese 		/*quls/

Definitions[edit]

畏

  1. to fear
    畏難／畏难  ―  wèinán  ―  to be afraid of difficulty
    佢好畏行夜路。 [Meixian Hakka, trad. and simp.]
    From: 梅县客家方言标准音词典 p. 279
    gi2 hau3 vi4 hang2 ya4 lu4. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]
    They are so afraid of walking in the night.
  2. to respect; to admire
  3. a surname: Wei

Synonyms[edit]

  • (to fear):
Dialectal synonyms of 害怕 (“to fear; to be afraid of”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼
Mandarin Beijing 害怕, 怕
Taiwan 害怕, 怕
Harbin 害怕, 發毛
Yantai (Muping) 害怕, 怵
Jinan 害怕, 怕, 打怵
Luoyang 害怕, 怕
Wanrong 驚
Xi'an 害怕, 怕, 怯火
Yinchuan 害怕, 嚇
Lanzhou 害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁
Ürümqi 害怕
Wuhan 嚇不過, 怕
Chengdu 害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛
Guiyang 害怕, 怕
Kunming 害怕
Guilin 怕
Liuzhou 慌
Xuzhou 嫌怕, 打怵
Yangzhou 害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎
Nanjing 嚇怕, 怕
Hefei 怕
Malaysia 怕
Singapore 怕, 害怕
Cantonese Guangzhou 驚, 怕, 慌, 窒
Hong Kong 驚, 怕, 慌
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 狂
Macau 驚
Guangzhou (Panyu) 驚
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 慌
Guangzhou (Conghua) 驚
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 好怕
Foshan 驚, 窒
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 慌, 怕
Foshan (Shunde) 慌
Foshan (Sanshui) 慌
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 慌
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 驚
Zhongshan (Huancheng) 驚
Zhongshan (Nanlang) 驚
Zhongshan (Xiaolan) 慌
Zhongshan (Dongsheng) 慌
Zhongshan (Tanbei) 慌
Zhongshan (Henglan) 慌
Zhongshan (Dongfeng) 慌
Zhongshan (Nantou) 慌
Zhongshan (Fusha) 慌
Zhongshan (Shalang) 慌
Zhongshan (Gangkou) 慌
Zhongshan (Huangpu) 慌, 驚
Zhongshan (Sanjiao) 狂, 驚
Zhongshan (Langwang) 慌, 驚
Zhongshan (Minzhong) 慌, 驚
Zhongshan (Guzhen) 𢗉
Zhongshan (Banfu) 慌, 驚
Zhongshan (Tanzhou) 慌, 驚
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 驚
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 驚
Zhuhai (Doumen) 驚
Jiangmen (Baisha) 驚
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 驚
Taishan 𢗉
Kaiping (Chikan) 𢗉
Enping (Niujiang) 𢗉
Heshan (Yayao) 慌
Dongguan 狂
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 驚
Shaoguan 驚, 窒
Yunfu 怕, 驚
Yangjiang 𢗉
Xinyi 狂
Lianjiang 驚
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 驚, 怕
Singapore (Guangfu) 驚, 怕
Gan Nanchang 怕
Lichuan 怕
Hakka Meixian 驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 狂
Dongguan (Qingxi) 狂
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 好狂
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 驚
Wuhua (Huacheng) 怕, 驚, 畏
Heyuan (Bendihua) 驚
Wengyuan 驚
Liannan 驚
Conghua (Lütian) 狂
Jiexi 驚
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 驚
Changting 怕
Wuping 怕
Wuping (Yanqian) 怕
Liancheng 嚇
Ninghua 怕
Ningdu 怕
Tonggu (Sandu) 怕
Ganzhou (Panlong) 怕
Dayu 怕
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 驚
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 驚
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 驚
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 驚
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 驚
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 驚
Hong Kong 狂, 驚
Mengshan (Xihe) 怕
Luchuan 狂
Sabah (Longchuan) 狂
Senai (Huiyang) 狂
Singkawang 驚
Huizhou Jixi 怕, 嚇
Jin Taiyuan 害怕, 怕
Xinzhou 著怕, 怕
Northern Min Jian'ou 驚, 怕, 怯, 畏
Jian'ou (Dikou) 驚
Songxi 驚
Zhenghe 驚
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 驚
Jianyang 驚
Jianyang (Huangkeng) 畏
Wuyishan 嚇
Pucheng (Shibei) 嚇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 驚
Changle 驚
Lianjiang 驚
Fuqing 驚
Pingtan 驚
Yongtai 驚
Minqing 驚
Gutian 驚
Pingnan 驚
Luoyuan 驚
Fu'an 驚
Ningde 驚
Xiapu 驚
Zherong 驚
Shouning 驚
Zhouning 驚
Fuding 驚
Singapore (Fuqing) 驚
Southern Min Xiamen 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
Xiamen (Tong'an) 驚
Quanzhou 驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣
Jinjiang 驚
Nan'an 驚
Shishi 驚
Hui'an 驚
Anxi 驚
Yongchun 驚
Dehua 驚
Zhangzhou 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 驚
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 驚
Hua'an 驚
Nanjing 驚
Pinghe 驚
Zhangpu 驚
Yunxiao 驚
Zhao'an 驚
Dongshan 驚
Kaohsiung 驚
Yilan 驚
Changhua (Lukang) 驚
Taichung 驚
Taichung (Wuqi) 驚惶
Tainan 驚
Taitung 驚
Hsinchu 驚
Kinmen 驚
Penghu (Magong) 驚
Penang (Hokkien) 驚
Singapore (Hokkien) 驚
Manila (Hokkien) 驚
Longyan 嚇
Zhangping 驚
Datian 驚
Chaozhou 驚, 畏
Raoping 驚
Shantou 驚
Jieyang 驚, 畏
Haifeng 驚
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 驚
Singapore (Teochew) 驚
Leizhou 驚
Wenchang 驚
Haikou 驚
Qionghai 驚
Singapore (Hainanese) 驚
Puxian Min Putian 驚
Xianyou 驚
Central Min Yong'an 驚
Sanyuan 驚
Shaxian 驚
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 驚
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 狂, 怕
Wu Shanghai 怕, 嚇
Shanghai (Chongming) 嚇
Suzhou 怕, 嚇
Danyang 怕
Hangzhou 怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛
Ningbo 怕, 嚇
Wenzhou 怕, 嚇
Jinhua 光
Xiang Changsha 怕, 畏怯
Loudi 怕
Shuangfeng 怕

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

畏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fear, dread, apprehension
  2. awe, majesty, reverence

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
畏
い
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 畏 (MC 'jw+jH).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix[edit]

畏(い) • (i) ←ゐ (wi)?

  1. fear
  2. respect

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
畏
かしこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畏 – see the following entry.
【かしこ】
[interjection] used by women at the end of letters: yours, sincerely
Alternative spellings
恐, 賢
(This term, 畏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

畏 (eum 외 (oe))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

畏: Hán Nôm readings: úy/uý, hoáy, hoay

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