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偉 U+5049, 偉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5049 ← 偈 [U+5048] CJK Unified Ideographs 偊 → [U+504A]

Japanese	偉
Simplified	伟
Traditional	偉

In Japanese kanji, the bottom component of 韋 is written ヰ with four strokes. In Traditional Chinese, the bottom component is written 㐄 with three strokes.

偉 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9 in Chinese, 人+10 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 12 strokes in Japanese, Cangjie input 人木一手 (ODMQ), four-corner 2425₆, composition ⿰亻韋)

• 𬎉, 𬿭, 𫉔

• 伟 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 837
• Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 198, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5049

trad.		偉
simp.		伟

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷɯlʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

偉

1. extraordinary; magnificent; great; robust

• 庸 (yōng), 凡 (fán)

Shinjitai	偉
Kyūjitai [1]	偉󠄃 偉+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

1. admirable

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)^{←ゐ (wi, historical)}
• Kun: えらい (erai, 偉い, Jōyō)、すぐれる (sugureru, 偉れる)、えらぶる (eraburu, 偉ぶる)、ひいでる (hīderu)
• Nanori: いさむ (isamu)、えら (era)、おおい (ōi)、たけ (take)、より (yori)

Kanji in this term
偉
い Grade: S
on'yomi

/wi/ → /i/

From Middle Chinese 偉 (MC hjw+jX).

• IPA^(key): [i]
• (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]

偉(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. (literary) greatness

偉(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}-na (adnominal 偉(い)な (i na), adverbial 偉(い)に (i ni))

1. (literary) great

偉(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. great, excellent, magnificent, extraordinary

偉 (eumhun 훌륭할 위 (hullyunghal wi))

1. hanja form^? of 위 (“to be extraordinary”)

• 위대 (偉大, widae, “greatness”)

偉: Hán Nôm readings: vĩ, vỉ

1. chữ Hán form of vĩ (“(only in compounds) great, grand”)

1. chữ Hán form of Vĩ (“a male given name”)