# 緯

| 緯 | U+7DEF, &#32239; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DEF |
| ← 緮 [U+7DEE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 緰 → [U+7DF0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

緯 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9 in Chinese, 糸+10 in Japanese, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 女火木一手 (VFDMQ), four-corner 2495$_6$, composition ⿰糹韋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27682
* Dae Jaweon: page 1370, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3432, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7DEF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 *ɢʷɯls): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl). In earlier forms of 韋, the components above and below 囗 were feet, each facing in opposite lateral directions (left and right). (In this way, 韋 is also a semantic element representing horizontality.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěi (wei$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^6$ / wai$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): úi / ūi / hūi
    (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$^6$ / wai$^5$
*** Yale: waih / wáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^6$ / wai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^6$ / wei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²²/, /wɐi̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
*** Tâi-lô: uí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uie
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi
*** Tâi-lô: uī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ui
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
*** Tâi-lô: huī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hui
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 緯 |
| 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$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 緯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12833 |
| Phonetic component | 韋 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯls/ |

### Definitions

緯
* weft; woof (horizontal thread in a woven fabric)
    Coordinate term: 經 / 经
    From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
    Fán dìxíng, dōngxī wèi wěi, nánběi wèi jīng,....... [Pinyin]
    In the [fabric of] the earth’s shape, east and west are the weft / woof; north and south are the warp; [...].
* (geography) latitude
    Coordinate term: 經 / 经
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) planet
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weave; to wrap
* Short for 緯書／纬书 (wěishū, “Confucian occult”).

### Compounds

* 七緯 / 七纬
* 中緯度 / 中纬度
* 低緯度 / 低纬度
* 六緯 / 六纬
* 北緯 / 北纬 (běiwěi)
* 南緯 / 南纬 (nánwěi)
* 圖緯 / 图纬
* 嫠不恤緯 / 嫠不恤纬
* 嫠緯之憂 / 嫠纬之忧
* 文經武緯 / 文经武纬
* 沒了經緯 / 没了经纬
* 沒經緯 / 没经纬
* 絡緯 / 络纬 (luòwěi)
* 經天緯地 / 经天纬地 (jīngtiānwěidì)
* 經文緯武 / 经文纬武
* 經武緯文 / 经武纬文
* 經緯 / 经纬 (jīngwěi)
* 經緯儀 / 经纬仪 (jīngwěiyí)
* 經緯天下 / 经纬天下
* 經緯度 / 经纬度
* 緯世 / 纬世
* 緯地經天 / 纬地经天
* 緯帽 / 纬帽
* 緯度 / 纬度 (wěidù)
* 緯書 / 纬书 (wěishū)
* 緯武經文 / 纬武经文
* 緯線 / 纬线 (wěixiàn)
* 緯繣 / 纬𰬠
* 緯象 / 纬象
* 讖緯 / 谶纬 (chènwěi)
* 赤緯 / 赤纬 (chìwěi)
* 高緯度 / 高纬度

## Japanese

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

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぬき (nuki, 緯)、よこ (yoko, 緯)、よこいと (yokoito, 緯)
* Nanori: つかね (tsukane)

#### Compounds

* 緯(よこ)経(たて) (yokotate): breadth and length; woof and warp

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

緯(い) • (i)
* weft, woof
* parallels of latitude

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 緯
* ぬき Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see the following entry: ぬき
(The following entry is uncreated: ぬき.)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 緯
* よこいと Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 緯 – see the following entry. :
| 【横糸よこいと】 | [noun] (weaving) weft Alternative spellings 緯糸, よこ糸 |
(This term, 緯, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ “緯”, 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

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

緯: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉa
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