# 渭

| 渭 | U+6E2D, &#28205; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E2D |
| ← 測 [U+6E2C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 渮 → [U+6E2E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

渭 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水田月 (EWB), four-corner 3612$_7$, composition ⿰氵胃)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 635, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17781
* Dae Jaweon: page 1041, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1677, character 3
* Unihan data for U+6E2D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 喟 | *kʰruːds, *kʰruds |
| 胃 | *ɢuds |
| 謂 | *ɢuds |
| 媦 | *ɢuds |
| 蝟 | *ɢuds |
| 渭 | *ɢuds |
| 煟 | *ɢuds |
| 緭 | *ɢuds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢuds) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèi (wei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$
*** Yale: wèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^6$
*** Yale: waih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
*** Tâi-lô: uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ui
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 渭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 于貴切 |
| Baxter | hjw+jH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /we̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 渭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12946 |
| Phonetic component | 胃 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢuds/ |

### Definitions

渭
* (～河) the Wei River

### Compounds

* 江雲渭樹／江云渭树
* 沸渭
* 涇渭／泾渭
* 涇渭不分／泾渭不分
* 涇渭分明／泾渭分明 (jīngwèifēnmíng)
* 清渭濁涇／清渭浊泾
* 渭城 (Wèichéng)
* 渭水 (Wèishuǐ)
* 渭河 (Wèihé)
* 渭河盆地 (Wèihé Péndì)
* 渭陽／渭阳 (wèiyáng)
* 渭陽之思／渭阳之思
* 渭陽之情／渭阳之情
* 濁涇清渭／浊泾清渭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: いく (iku)、しく (shiku)

## Korean
### Hanja

渭 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

渭: Hán Nôm readings: vây, vấy, vị, vơi, vời
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#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999