倭 — wae, wi

Parts that make up 倭

How 倭 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 倭 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 委.

Korean example words with 倭

• 왜복倭服 Korean gloss: 일본 옷
• 왜선倭船 Korean gloss: 일본 배
• 왜학倭學 Korean gloss: 일본의 학문
• 왜증倭繒 Korean gloss: 바탕이 얇은 비단
• 왜변倭變 Korean gloss: 왜인들이 일으킨 변
• 왜사倭紗 Korean gloss: 발이 잘고 고운 사의 하나
• 왜적倭敵 Korean gloss: 적으로서의 일본이나 일본인
• 왜국倭國 Korean gloss: ‘일본’을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 왜식倭食 Korean gloss: ‘일식’을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 왜녀倭女 Korean gloss: 일본 여자를 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 왜병倭兵 Korean gloss: 일본 병정을 낮잡아 이르는 말
• 왜식倭式 Korean gloss: ‘일본풍’을 낮잡아 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 倭

• 倭人わじん Japanese person
• 倭寇わこう wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries
• 倭国わこく Japan
• 倭王わおう king of Yamato
• 大倭おおやまと Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
• 倭色ウェセク Japanese style
• 倭玉篇わごくへん Wagokuhen (c. 1489 Japanese kanji dictionary)
• 倭人伝わじんでん Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
• 壬辰倭乱じんしんわらん Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598); Imjin war
• 大陸倭語たいりくわご Peninsular Japonic (postulated extinct language)
• 倭名類聚鈔わみょうるいじゅしょう Wamyōruijushō (famous Heian-period Japanese dictionary)
• 魏志倭人伝ぎしわじんでん Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)

Characters sharing the phonetic 委

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “위” in Korean.

Other hanja read “왜”

Other hanja with radical 人