畏

畏 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田一女 (WMV), four-corner 6073₂, composition ⿳田一⿰𠄌⿺乀丿(GJKV) or ⿱田⿸⿱一𠄌⿺乀丿(HT))

• 偎 喂 㙗 㛱 㞇 㟪 愄 揋 渨 猥 隈 𣉍 椳 㱬 煨 腲 碨 䋿 鍡 餵 鰃 鳂
• 𡀧 𤲼 嵔 葨 㾯

• KangXi: page 760, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21778
• Dae Jaweon: page 1170, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2532, character 3
• Unihan data for U+754F

Historical forms of the character 畏
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) .

In oracle bone script form, this character depicts a ghost (鬼) holding a stick. (Hsiao-ting Li)

The small seal glyph was analysed by Shuo Wen as a ghost head (甶) with part of a tiger, including its claw.

畏

1. to fear

   畏難／畏难  ―  wèinán  ―  to be afraid of difficulty

   佢好畏行夜路。 [Meixian Hakka, trad. and simp.]

   From: 梅县客家方言标准音词典 p. 279

   gi² hau³ vi⁴ hang² ya⁴ lu⁴. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   They are so afraid of walking in the night.

   • 民不畏死，奈何以死懼之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     民不畏死，奈何以死惧之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Mín bù wèi sǐ, nàihé yǐ sǐ jù zhī? [Pinyin]

     The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death?

2. to respect; to admire

   • 後生可畏，焉知來者之不如今也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     后生可畏，焉知来者之不如今也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Hòushēng kě wèi, yān zhī láizhě zhī bùrú jīn yě? [Pinyin]

     A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

• “畏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02639

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fear, dread, apprehension
2. awe, majesty, reverence

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: おそれる (osoreru, 畏れる, Jōyō); かしこし (kashikoshi, 畏し); かしこまる (kashikomaru, 畏まる)

From Middle Chinese 畏 (MC ʔʉi^H).

The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

畏(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. fear
2. respect

• 敬(けい)畏(い) (keii): reverence, holding in awe, fear

畏 (eum 외 (oe))

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畏: Hán Nôm readings: úy/uý, hoáy, hoay

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