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 (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

  • 𬎉, 𬿭, 𫉔

References

  • KangXi: page 110, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 837
  • Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 198, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5049

Chinese

trad. 偉
simp. 伟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偉
Small seal script

s05691

Transcribed ancient scripts

L34579

L34580

L34581

L34582

L15287

L15288

L15289

L15290

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
禕 *qral
郼 *qʷɯl
褘 *qʰʷɯl
諱 *qʰʷɯls
媁 *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃 *ɢʷɯl
違 *ɢʷɯl
圍 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋 *ɢʷɯl
闈 *ɢʷɯl
湋 *ɢʷɯl
鍏 *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
韙 *ɢʷɯlʔ
煒 *ɢʷɯlʔ
暐 *ɢʷɯlʔ
偉 *ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋 *ɢʷɯlʔ
葦 *ɢʷɯlʔ
椲 *ɢʷɯlʔ
韡 *ɢʷɯlʔ
愇 *ɢʷɯlʔ
緯 *ɢʷɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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
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 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

  • 偉麗／伟丽
  • 傀偉／傀伟
  • 厥功甚偉／厥功甚伟
  • 厥功至偉／厥功至伟
  • 壯偉／壮伟 (zhuàngwěi)
  • 奇偉／奇伟
  • 宏偉／宏伟 (hóngwěi)
  • 宏偉壯觀／宏伟壮观
  • 恢偉／恢伟
  • 氣勢雄偉／气势雄伟
  • 英才俊偉／英才俊伟
  • 英風偉烈／英风伟烈
  • 衣冠甚偉／衣冠甚伟
  • 豐偉／丰伟
  • 豐功偉業／丰功伟业
  • 豐功偉績／丰功伟绩
  • 鉅卿偉公／巨卿伟公
  • 雄偉／雄伟 (xióngwěi)
  • 雄偉壯麗／雄伟壮丽
  • 雄材偉略／雄材伟略
  • 魁偉／魁伟 (kuíwěi)
  • 魁梧奇偉／魁梧奇伟

Japanese

Kanji

偉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. admirable

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

偉 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

偉 (vĩ, vỉ)

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