View source for 維

{{also|维}}
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==Translingual==
[[File:Jiao-si-pang-wei.png|48px|right|border]]

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=120|rad=糸|as=08|sn=14|four=20914|canj=VFOG|ids=⿰糹隹}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|mul|羅}}

====Descendants====
* [[维]]

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0927.150|dkj=27568|dj=1364.220|hdz=53415.050|uh=7DAD|ud=32173|bh=BAFB|bd=47867}}

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==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=维}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|糸|t1=thread|隹|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}}.

The original pronunciation of {{och-l|隹|tr=*ɢʷi}} was lost after the classical period, but can still be seen in other characters of the phonetic series:
* {{och-l|惟|to think}},
* {{och-l|唯|only}},
* {{och-l|雖|although}},
* {{och-l|帷|curtain, screen}} and
* {{och-l|淮|Huai River}}.

===Pronunciation 1===
{{zh-pron
|m=wéi
|m-s=
|c=wai4
|c-t=
|g=
|h=pfs=vì
|j=
|mb=ṳ̌
|md=mì
|mn=ûi/qz,tw:î/xm,zz:bî
|mn_note=ûi - literary; î/bî - vernacular
|mn-t=rui6/rui5
|mn-t_note=rui5 - “to think, dimension”
|w=3vi
|x=
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=v,n,pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{zh-hanzi}}

# {{†}} to [[tie]]; to [[fasten]]; to [[tie up]]
# {{†}} to [[link]]; to [[connect]]
# to [[hold]] together; to [[maintain]]; to [[preserve]]; to [[safeguard]]
#: {{zh-x|維持|to maintain}}
# {{†}} [[thick]] [[rope]] for [[tying]] objects; [[cord]]
# {{†}} [[corner]]; [[nook]]; [[recess]]
# {{†}} [[net]]; [[mesh]]; [[netting]]
# {{lb|zh|geometry}} [[dimension]]
# {{†}} [[order]]; [[law]]; [[outline]]
# {{†}} [[long]] and [[thin]] object; [[fibre]]; [[string]]
#: {{zh-x|纖維|fibre}}
# {{†}} {{zh-alt-form|惟|to [[think]]; to [[contemplate]]}}
# {{†}} {{zh-alt-form|唯|[[only]]}}
# {{†}} {{zh-alt-form|惟|''meaningless particle of interjection''}}
# {{zh-short|維生素|[[vitamin]]}}
# {{zh-short|維吾爾|[[Uyghur]]}}
# {{surname|lang=zh}}

====Compounds====
{{zh-der|三維空間|伏維尚饗|八維|創業維艱|哈維|四維|國維|地維|坤維|塞爾維亞|孟什維克|屋大維|巴勒維|思維|恭維|恭維話|我武維揚|拉脫維亞|明治維新|步履維艱|物力維艱|玻利維亞|百日維新|睢維|維也納|維京人|維他命|維修|維多米|維天之命|維妙維肖|維持|維摩經|維摩詰|維斗|維新|維新圖強|維新運動|維清|維生|維生素|維管束|維納斯|維縶|維繫|維艱|維護|維那|綱維|縶維|纖維|臭恭維|臺維斯杯|舉步維艱|蘇維埃|進退維谷|維基}}

===Pronunciation 2===
{{zh-pron
|m=yōng
|c=jung1
|dial=n
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{zh-hanzi}}

# {{†}} {{zh-only|盧維|ancient [[river]] in the {{w|Yan Province}}}}

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==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=c|rs=糸08}}

# {{defn|lang=ja|sort=糸08}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=ゆい<ゆゐ
|kanon=い<ゐ
|kun=たもつ-, つな-, つな-ぐ, こ-れ
|nanori=ゆき
}}

====Notes====
*As in historical readings "すゐ", "つゐ", "るゐ", most dictionaries do not have "ゆゐ" as a historical reading for 維. According to historical data, the on-reading of 維 is "ゆい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the "ゆゐ" and related -wi historical on-readings.

{{attention|ja|please confirm this, this is translated from the Japanese Wikipedia}}

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==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=[[유]]|eumhun=|rv=yu|mr=yu|y=yu}}

# {{defn|lang=ko|sort=糸08}}

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==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-hantu|[[duy]]|rs=糸08}}

# {{defn|lang=vi|sort=糸08}}