# 偉

| 偉 | U+5049, &#20553; 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 2425$_6$, composition ⿰亻韋)

#### Derived characters

* 𬎉, 𬿭, 𫉔

#### Related characters

* 伟 (Simplified Chinese)

#### 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偉 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Small seal scripts05691Transcribed ancient scriptsL34579L34580L34581L34582L15287L15288L15289L15290 ||
| 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). ||
| | 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 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi (wei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai$^5$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vei$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vî
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vi$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): ūi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): úi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$
*** Yale: wěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^5$
*** Yale: wáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /vei⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋi³¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ūi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
*** Tâi-lô: uí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jX
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 | /ɦʉi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯlʔ/
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
* extraordinary; magnificent; great; robust

#### Antonyms

* 庸 (yōng), 凡 (fán)

### Compounds

* 俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi)
* 偉丈夫 / 伟丈夫
* 偉人 / 伟人 (wěirén)
* 偉器 / 伟器 (wěiqì)
* 偉大 / 伟大 (wěidà)
* 偉岸 / 伟岸 (wěi'àn)
* 偉懋 / 伟懋 (wěimào)
* 偉晶岩 / 伟晶岩
* 偉服 / 伟服
* 偉業 / 伟业 (wěiyè)
* 偉績 / 伟绩 (wěijì)
* 偉麗 / 伟丽
* 傀偉 / 傀伟
* 厥功甚偉 / 厥功甚伟 (juégōngshènwěi)
* 厥功至偉 / 厥功至伟 (juégōngzhìwěi)
* 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 (fēnggōngwěiyè)
* 豐功偉績 / 丰功伟绩 (fēnggōngwěijì)
* 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

| Shinjitai | 偉 |
| Kyūjitai | 偉󠄃 偉+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* admirable

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kun: えらい (erai, 偉い, Jōyō)、すぐれる (sugureru, 偉れる)、えらぶる (eraburu, 偉ぶる)、ひいでる (hīderu)
* Nanori: いさむ (isamu)、えら (era)、おおい (ōi)、たけ (take)、より (yori)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 偉
* い Grade: S
* on'yomi
/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 偉 (MC hjw+jX).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [i]

### Noun

偉(い) • (i)
* (literary) greatness

### Adjective

偉(い) • (i) -na (adnominal 偉(い)な (i na), adverbial 偉(い)に (i ni))
* (literary) great

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 偉だろ | いだろ | i daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 偉で | いで | i de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 偉だ | いだ | i da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 偉な | いな | i na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 偉なら | いなら | i nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 偉であれ | いであれ | i de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 偉ではない 偉じゃない | いではない いじゃない | i de wa nai i ja nai |
| Informal past | 偉だった | いだった | i datta |
| Informal negative past | 偉ではなかった 偉じゃなかった | いではなかった いじゃなかった | i de wa nakatta i ja nakatta |
| Formal | 偉です | いです | i desu |
| Formal negative | 偉ではありません 偉じゃありません | いではありません いじゃありません | i de wa arimasen i ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 偉でした | いでした | i deshita |
| Formal negative past | 偉ではありませんでした 偉じゃありませんでした | いではありませんでした いじゃありませんでした | i de wa arimasen deshita i ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 偉で | いで | i de |
| Conditional | 偉なら（ば） | いなら（ば） | i nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 偉だったら | いだったら | i dattara |
| Volitional | 偉だろう | いだろう | i darō |
| Adverbial | 偉に | いに | i ni |
| Degree | 偉さ | いさ | isa |

### Affix

偉(い) • (i)
* great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary

#### Derived terms

* 偉(い)業(ぎょう) (igyō)
* 偉(い)才(さい) (isai)
* 偉(い)人(じん) (ijin)
* 偉(い)大(だい) (idai)

### References

* ↑ “偉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

偉 (eumhun 훌륭할 위 (hullyunghal wi))
* hanja form of 위 (“to be extraordinary”)

#### Compounds

* 위대 (偉大, widae, “greatness”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

偉: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉ

### Noun

* chữ Hán form of vĩ (“(only in compounds) great, grand”).

### Proper noun

* chữ Hán form of Vĩ (“a male given name”).

#### Derived terms

* 偉人 (vĩ nhân)
* 偉大 (vĩ đại)
* 偉才 (vĩ tài)
* 偉業 (vĩ nghiệp)
* 偉模 (vĩ mô)
* 偉氣 (vĩ khí)
* 偉觀 (vĩ quan)
* 奇偉 (kì vĩ)
* 雄偉 (hùng vĩ)