畏

畏 U+754F, 畏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-754F
← 畎
[U+754E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 畐 →
[U+7550]

Translingual

Han character

畏 (radical 102, 田+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田一女 (WMV), four-corner 60732, composition ⿳田一⿰𠄌⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿱田⿸⿱一𠄌⿺乀丿(HT))

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 760, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21778
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2532, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+754F

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 畏

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 畏
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
煨 *quːl
偎 *quːl
隈 *quːl, *quːls
椳 *quːl
鰃 *quːl
渨 *quːl
葨 *quːl
揋 *quːl
猥 *quːlʔ
嵔 *quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡 *quːlʔ
碨 *quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲 *quːlʔ
餵 *qrols
畏 *quls

Ideogrammic compound (會意) .

In oracle bone script form, this character depicts a ghost (鬼) holding a stick. (Hsiao-ting Li)

The small seal glyph was analysed by Shuo Wen as a ghost head (甶) with part of a tiger, including its claw.

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 畏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於胃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔujH/
Li
Rong		 /ʔiuəiH/
Wang
Li		 /ĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wèi
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 畏
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wèi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔjwɨjH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔuj-s/
English fear (v.); threaten

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 畏
Reading # 1/1
No. 12939
Phonetic
component		 畏
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 尉
Old
Chinese		 /*quls/

Definitions

畏

  1. fear

Compounds
  • 無所畏懼／无所畏惧 (wúsuǒwèijù)
  • 無畏／无畏 (wúwèi)
  • 畏兀字
  • 畏光 (wèiguāng)
  • 畏友 (wèiyǒu)
  • 畏天恤民
  • 畏天愛民／畏天爱民
  • 畏天知命
  • 畏威懷德／畏威怀德
  • 畏強凌弱／畏强凌弱
  • 畏影惡跡／畏影恶迹
  • 畏影而走
  • 畏忌
  • 畏怯 (wèiqiè)
  • 畏懼／畏惧 (wèijù)
  • 畏服
  • 畏死貪生／畏死贪生
  • 畏畏縮縮／畏畏缩缩
  • 畏縮／畏缩 (wèisuō)
  • 畏縮不前／畏缩不前
  • 畏罪 (wèizuì)
  • 畏罪潛逃／畏罪潜逃
  • 畏罪自殺／畏罪自杀
  • 畏葸
  • 畏葸不前 (wèixǐbùqián)
  • 畏途
  • 畏避 (wèibì)
  • 畏難／畏难 (wèinán)
  • 畏難苟安／畏难苟安
  • 畏頭畏尾／畏头畏尾
  • 畏首畏尾
  • 視人畏傷／视人畏伤
  • 視為畏途／视为畏途
  • 貪生畏死／贪生畏死

Japanese

Kanji
畏

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. fear
  2. majestic
  3. graciously
  4. be apprehensive

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
畏
い
Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 畏 (MC ʔʉiH).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

畏 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

  1. fear
  2. respect

Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
畏
かしこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畏 – see かしこ.
(This term, 畏, is a kanji spelling of かしこ.)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
畏
かしく
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畏 – see かしく.
(This term, 畏, is a kanji spelling of かしく.)

Korean

Hanja

畏 (eum 외 (oe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

畏: Hán Nôm readings: úy/uý, hoáy, hoay

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