倭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wēi, wō, wǒ
Cantonese: wai1 wo1
JapaneseKun: SHITAGAU YAMATO
JapaneseOn: I WA
Korean: WI WAY
Vietnamese: oải

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dwarf; dwarfish, short

CE-Dict: dwarf/Japanese (old derogatory term)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[History] a short people
2.an old name for Japan; name of a human race

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: an old name for Japan

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: an old name for Japan

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《人部》倭順皃。从人委聲。《詩》曰：“周道倭遟。”

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】倭
【玉篇】【唐韻】𠀤於爲切，音煨。【說文】順貌。　又倭遲，回遠貌。【詩·小雅】周道倭遲。與逶迤，𨖿迆，委蛇，威遲，委移𠀤通。　又人名。魯宣公名倭。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤烏禾切，音渦。【前漢·地理志】樂浪海中有倭人，分爲百餘國。【師古註】魏略云：倭在帶方東南大海中，依山島爲國。度海千里，復有國，皆倭種。　又【廣韻】烏果切【集韻】鄔果切，𠀤音婐。倭墮。

Japanese Places Yamato (loc)

Han-De-Dict: Japanerin, Japaner (u.E.) (S)