喂

See also: 餵
喂 U+5582, 喂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5582
← 喁
[U+5581] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 喃 →
[U+5583]

Translingual

Han character

喂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田一女 (RWMV), four-corner 66032, composition ⿰口畏)

Derived characters

  • 𣾿

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3900
  • Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 653, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5582

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 喂

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

喂

  1. (used to call attention) Hey!
    起身喇喂！ [Cantonese]  ―  hei2 san1 laa3 wai3! [Jyutping]  ―  Hey, get up!
    喂，你阻住條路喎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    喂，你阻住条路㖞！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    wai3, nei5 zo2 zyu6 tiu4 lou6 wo3! [Jyutping]
    Hey, you're in the way!

Pronunciation 2

Interjection

喂

  1. hello?; yes? (greeting, used when responding to a call, such as a phone call)
  2. (dated) Response when spoken to directly face-to-face: yes?

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 喂 – see 餵 (“to feed; to raise; to keep”).
(This character is the simplified form of 餵).
Notes:

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

喂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)
  • Kan’yō-on: い (i)
  • Kun: なげく (nageku, 喂く)

Korean

Hanja

喂 • (wi) (hangeul 위)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喂: Hán Việt readings: uy[1][2][3][4][5], ổi[2], ô[5]
喂: Nôm readings: ỏi[1][2][3][5][6][7][8], ôi[1][2][3][5][6][7][8], ói[2][3][5][6][7][8], oi[1][7], ơi[1][8], òi[3][6], ới[1], ui[1], hôi[2], úi[2], ội[6], ũy/uỹ[6], ối[8], uầy[8]

  1. chữ Nôm form of ôi (“oh; alas”)
  2. chữ Nôm form of ơi (“vocative particle; oh, hey”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Hồ (1976).
  4. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Bonet (1899).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Génibrel (1898).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Nguyễn (2014).
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