# 韋

| 韋 | U+97CB, &#38859; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97CB |
| ← 韊 [U+97CA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 韌 → [U+97CC] |
| ⾱ | U+2FB1, &#12209; KANGXI RADICAL TANNED LEATHER |
| ← ⾰ [U+2FB0] | Kangxi Radicals | ⾲ → [U+2FB2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

韋 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木一口手 (DMRQ), four-corner 4050$_6$, composition ⿳𫝀口㐄)
* Kangxi radical #178, ⾱.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/韋
* 偉, 喡, 㙔, 媁, 幃, 徫, 愇, 湋, 暐, 椲, 煒, 瑋, 禕, 稦, 褘, 緯, 䍷, 諱, 鍏
* 違, 颹, 郼, 葦, 闈, 衛, 圍, 䘙
* 𡺨, 𪫀, 𢯷, 𦝛, 𪾃, 𥀊, 𪾳, 𥔬, 𫁨, 𦗇, 𧍫, 𫌱, 𫎞, 𩋾, 𩤮, 𮬄
* 𩳷, 𭄵, 𢾁, 𢾝, 𣪡, 𦑻, 𨜢, 𩘚, 𭞈, 𥯤, 𤸆, 𠥎

#### Descendants

* 韦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1393, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43108
* Dae Jaweon: page 1908, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4503, character 1
* Unihan data for U+97CB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韋 :
| Shang | Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 舛 + 囗 – footsteps around an enclosure. Possibly the original character for 圍 (OC *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls, “to surround”). Phonetically borrowed to indicate "tanned leather".
The footprint on top is stylized as 𫝀, which is similar but unrelated to 五.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéi (wei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$ / wai$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì
* Eastern Min (BUC): uòi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^2$ / ui$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$ / wai$^5$
*** Yale: wàih / wáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$ / wai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$ / wei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹/, /wɐi̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uòi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
*** Tâi-lô: uî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^2$ / ui$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi / ûi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵²/, /ui⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we
*** MiniDict: we$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+j
Rime :
| Character | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 雨非切 |
| Baxter | hjw+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 韋 | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wéi | wéi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjwɨj › | ‹ hjwɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/ | /*[ɢ]ʷə[j]/ |
| English | leather | go against |
| 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 | 韋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12817 |
| Phonetic component | 韋 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 幃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯl/ |

### Definitions

韋
* (archaic) tanned leather
* Original form of 圍／围 (wéi, “to surround”).
* a surname
    韋昌輝／韦昌辉 ― Wéi Chānghuī ― Wei Changhui (North King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)

### Compounds

* 三絕韋編 / 三绝韦编 (sānjuéwéibiān)
* 乘韋 / 乘韦
* 佩韋 / 佩韦
* 依韋 / 依韦
* 佩韋佩弦 / 佩韦佩弦
* 十韋 / 十韦
* 室韋 / 室韦 (Shìwéi)
* 尚韋 / 尚韦
* 布衣韋帶 / 布衣韦带
* 布韋 / 布韦
* 庸韋 / 庸韦
* 弦韋 / 弦韦
* 彭韋 / 彭韦
* 杜韋娘 / 杜韦娘
* 桑條韋 / 桑条韦
* 桑樞韋帶 / 桑枢韦带
* 桑韋 / 桑韦
* 氈韋 / 毡韦
* 溫韋 / 温韦
* 爵韋 / 爵韦
* 狶韋 / 狶韦
* 石韋 / 石韦 (shíwěi)
* 絕韋 / 绝韦
* 絕韋編 / 绝韦编
* 編韋 / 编韦
* 脂韋 / 脂韦
* 豕韋 / 豕韦
* 豕韋氏 / 豕韦氏
* 陶韋 / 陶韦
* 鞅儀韋斯 / 鞅仪韦斯
* 韋丹碑 / 韦丹碑
* 韋人 / 韦人
* 韋伯 / 韦伯 (wéibó)
* 韋叡樹麾 / 韦睿树麾
* 韋后
* 韋娘 / 韦娘
* 韋布 / 韦布
* 韋布交 / 韦布交
* 韋布匹夫 / 韦布匹夫
* 韋帶 / 韦带
* 韋平 / 韦平
* 韋康 / 韦康
* 韋弁 / 韦弁
* 韋弦 / 韦弦
* 韋弱 / 韦弱
* 韋德羅 / 韦德罗 (wéidéluó)
* 韋曲 / 韦曲
* 韋杜 / 韦杜
* 韋柔 / 韦柔
* 韋柳 / 韦柳
* 韋氏學 / 韦氏学
* 韋沓 / 韦沓
* 韋當 / 韦当
* 韋笥 / 韦笥
* 韋篋 / 韦箧
* 韋素 / 韦素
* 韋絃 / 韦弦
* 韋絮 / 韦絮
* 韋經 / 韦经
* 韋編 / 韦编
* 韋編三絕 / 韦编三绝 (wéibiānsānjué)
* 韋縞 / 韦缟
* 韋脂 / 韦脂
* 韋舄 / 韦舄
* 韋藩 / 韦藩
* 韋衣 / 韦衣 (wéiyī)
* 韋袍 / 韦袍
* 韋裳 / 韦裳
* 韋褐 / 韦褐
* 韋護 / 韦护
* 韋轂 / 韦毂
* 韋金 / 韦金
* 韋陀 / 韦陀 (wéituó)
* 韋陟朵雲 / 韦陟朵云
* 韋革 / 韦革
* 韋韝 / 韦𫖕
* 韋馱 / 韦驮 (Wéituó)
* 韋馱天 / 韦驮天
* 麟韋 / 麟韦
* 麥克斯韋 / 麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi)
* 黃頭室韋 / 黄头室韦

### References

* “韋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: い (i)
* Kan-on: い (i)
* Kun: なめしがわ (nameshigawa, 韋)、そむく (somuku, 韋く)

#### Compounds

* 韋駄天(いだてん) (idaten): Skanda (Buddhism); fast-footed person

## Korean
### Hanja

韋 (eum 위 (wi))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

韋: Hán Nôm readings: vi
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