# 謂

| 謂 | U+8B02, &#35586; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B02 |
| ← 謁 [U+8B01] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 謃 → [U+8B03] |

## Translingual
### Han character

謂 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口田月 (YRWB), four-corner 0662$_7$, composition ⿰訁胃)
* say, tell
* call, name
* be called

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1173, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35759
* Dae Jaweon: page 1638, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3997, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8B02

## 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 言 + phonetic 胃 (OC *ɢuds).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wèi (wei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vi
    (Hailu, HRS): vui$^˖$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ôi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ūi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^3$
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vui$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /vui³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ôi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ui$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ūi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui²¹/
* 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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ùi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+jH
Rime :
| Character | 謂 |
| 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
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢuds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 謂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjw+j$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s/ |
| English | say, tell, call |
| 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 | 謂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12943 |
| Phonetic component | 胃 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢuds/ |

### Definitions

謂
* to say; to tell
* to call; to name
* meaning; sense
* a surname

### Compounds

* 一之謂甚 / 一之谓甚
* 不謂 / 不谓 (bùwèi)
* 何謂 / 何谓 (héwèi)
* 可謂 / 可谓 (kěwèi)
* 名不虛謂 / 名不虚谓
* 將謂 / 将谓 (jiāngwèi)
* 意謂 / 意谓
* 意謂動詞 / 意谓动词
* 意謂繁句 / 意谓繁句
* 或謂 / 或谓 (huòwèi)
* 所謂 / 所谓 (suǒwèi)
* 無所謂 / 无所谓 (wúsuǒwèi)
* 無謂 / 无谓 (wúwèi)
* 稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi)
* 稱謂錄 / 称谓录
* 莫知所謂 / 莫知所谓
* 親屬稱謂 / 亲属称谓
* 謂詞 / 谓词 (wèicí)
* 謂語 / 谓语 (wèiyǔ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* reason
* origin
* history
* oral tradition

#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: いう (iu, 謂う)、いい (ii, 謂)、おもう (omou, 謂う)

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

謂 (eumhun 고할 위 (gohal wi))
* say
* tell

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

謂 (eumhun 이를 위 (ireul wi))
* call
* name
* be called

## Vietnamese
### Han character

謂: Hán Nôm readings: vị
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#### References

* Nôm Foundation