倭

倭 U+502D, 倭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-502D
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[U+502E]

Translingual

Han character

倭 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人竹木女 (OHDV), four-corner 22244, composition ⿰亻委)

Derived characters

References

Chinese
trad. 倭
simp. # 倭

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 倭
Small seal script

s05700

Transcribed ancient scripts

L34578

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (委) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
矮 *qraːlʔ
躷 *qraːlʔ
捼 *noːl, *nuːl, *njul
倭 *qoːl, *qoːlʔ, *qrol
涹 *qoːl
踒 *qoːl
餧 *nuːlʔ, *qrols
諉 *nols, *qrolʔ
痿 *njol, *qrol
萎 *qrol, *qrols
逶 *qrol
覣 *qrol
蜲 *qrol, *qrolʔ
委 *qrol, *qrolʔ
緌 *njul

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 倭
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏禾切
Baxter 'wa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuɑ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuɑ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔuɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔwa/
Li
Rong		 /ʔuɑ/
Wang
Li		 /uɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wo1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倭
Reading # 1/3
No. 12888
Phonetic
component		 委
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 倭
Old
Chinese		 /*qoːl/
Notes 見漢書

Definitions

倭

  1. (historical, now derogatory) Japan; Yamato
  2. (in some animal names) dwarf; pygmy
    倭蛙  ―  wōwā  ―  Nanorana pleskei
    倭河馬／倭河马  ―  wōhémǎ  ―  pygmy hippopotamus
    倭黑猩猩  ―  wōhēixīngxīng  ―  bonobo; pygmy chimpanzee
Synonyms
  • (Japan):

Compounds

See also

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 倭
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 支 (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於爲切
Baxter 'jwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjwiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjue/
Wang
Li		 /ǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wēi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倭
Reading # 3/3
No. 12902
Phonetic
component		 委
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 逶
Old
Chinese		 /*qrol/

Definitions

倭

  1. Used in 倭遲／倭迟, alternative form of 逶迤 (wēiyí, “winding; meandering”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 倭
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏果切
Baxter 'waX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔuɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔuɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔuɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔwaX/
Li
Rong		 /ʔuɑX/
Wang
Li		 /uɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔuɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wo2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倭
Reading # 2/3
No. 12891
Phonetic
component		 委
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 婐
Old
Chinese		 /*qoːlʔ/

Definitions

倭

  1. Only used in 倭墮髻／倭堕髻 (wǒduòjì, “a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
倭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. Yamato
  2. the country of Japan

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
倭
やまと
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 倭 – see the following entry.
【大和やまと】
[proper noun] a town in the Shikinoshimo district in the Yamato Province of Japan, generally equivalent to modern Tenri area
[proper noun] A city in Kanagawa Prefecture
[proper noun] one of the old provinces that made up Japan, generally equivalent to modern Nara prefecture
[proper noun] the country of Japan
Alternative spelling
和
(This term, 倭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
倭
わ
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 倭 (MC 'wa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

倭(わ) • (Wa) 

  1. ancient Japan

References
  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 와 (wa) based on Middle Chinese 倭 (MC 'wa).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 倭 (eumhun 왜나라 왜 (waenara wae))

  1. Hanja form? of 왜 (“ancient Japan, Yamato”).

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 倭 (MC 'jwe).

Historical readings

Hanja

倭 (eumhun 유순할 위 (yusunhal wi))

  1. (literary Chinese) Hanja form? of 위 (“docile, obedient”).

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

倭: Hán Nôm readings: uy, oải, nụy/nuỵ, oa

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