谓
wèi HSK4

say, tell, call

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謂.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

胃
胃 Sound component
wèi stomach

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

謂 wèi say, tell, call Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
胃
胃 Sound component
wèi stomach

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjw+jH[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s say, tell, call

說文解字

《說文》：“謂，報也。从言，胃聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)