Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 胃 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (謂)
Simplified (谓)
Notes
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
谓
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
谓
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
谓
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
谓
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
谓
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
谓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
谓 / 謂 [Wèi]
surname Wei
谓 / 謂 [wèi]
to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
Japanese
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.) (usu. as 〜のいい)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (16)
所谓 [suǒwèi] #1,917
so-called
无所谓 [wúsuǒwèi] #1,920
to be indifferent
可谓 [kěwèi] #17,713
it could even be said
无谓 [wúwèi] #14,521
pointless
称谓 [chēngwèi] #28,222
title
何谓 [héwèi] #32,259
(literary) what is?
谓语 [wèiyǔ] #39,117
(grammatical) predicate
谓词 [wèicí] #44,971
predicate (in logic and grammar)
意谓 [yìwèi] #48,239
to mean
一之谓甚 [yīzhīwèishèn]
see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yīzhīwéishèn]
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JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 言う [いう] #27
to say
⭐ 所謂 [いわゆる] #14,767
what is called
言うところの [いうところの] #16,086
what is called
⭐ 言わば [いわば] #16,507
so to speak
謂れ [いわれ] #33,014
reason
謂れのない [いわれのない] #68,418
unjustified
謂れ無い [いわれない] #254,725
unjustified
過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという [あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという] #292,850
a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
謂れ因縁 [いわれいんねん]
origin