wèiWèi

say, tell, call

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
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