倭

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 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

Pronunciation 1
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
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
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. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) dwarf
  2. (historical, now derogatory) Japan; Yamato
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) dwarfish, short

See also

Compounds
  • 倭刀
  • 倭子
  • 倭遲／倭迟
  • 老倭瓜

Pronunciation 2
Rime
Character 倭
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 支 (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 於爲切
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
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. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (archaic) obedient
  2. Used in 倭遲／倭迟, alternative form of 逶迤 (wēiyí, “winding; meandering”).

Pronunciation 3
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
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
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 (wōduòjì, “a hairstyle for women that was popular during the Han Dynasty in which the hair was gathered up in a lopsided bun”).

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 at 大和.
やまと【大和・倭・和】
[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
(This term, 倭, is an alternative kanji spelling of 大和.)

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

倭 (hiragana わ, rōmaji Wa)

  1. ancient Japan

Korean

Hanja

倭 • (wi, wae)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 위, 왜 (McCune–Reischauer: wi, wae)
    • Name (hangeul): 왜나라 (revised: wae nara, McCune–Reischauer: wae nara)
  1. (유순할 왜, yusunhal-): docile, obedient
  2. (나라 이름 왜, nara-ireum-): ancient Japan, Yamato
    • 樂浪海中有倭人, 分爲百餘國 <漢書> [1]

References
  1. 新字海, 民衆書林, 서울, 1967, p. 27.

Vietnamese

Han character

倭 (nuỵ, oa)

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