猥

猥 U+7325, 猥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7325 ← 猤 [U+7324] CJK Unified Ideographs 猦 → [U+7326]

Translingual

Han character

猥 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹田一女 (KHWMV), four-corner 4623₂, composition ⿰犭畏)

1. vulgar, low, cheap
2. wanton
3. obscene

Derived characters

• 𤺸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 714, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20519
• Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1357, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7325

Chinese

simp. and trad.		猥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *quːlʔ) : semantic 犬 + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹ / wai² / wui²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi / óe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui¹ / wai² / wui²
    • Yale: wūi / wái / wúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹ / wai² / wui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui¹ / wei² / wui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵/, /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wuːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi
    • Tâi-lô: uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe
    • Tâi-lô: ué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oea
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'wojX

Rime
Character	猥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏賄切
Baxter	'wojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəjX/
Li Rong	/ʔuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/uɒiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猥
Reading #	1/1
No.	12930
Phonetic component	畏
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猥
Old Chinese	/*quːlʔ/

Definitions

猥

1. (obsolete) to accumulate
2. (obsolete) many; numerous
3. (literary) numerous and chaotic
4. (literary) lowly; obscene
5. (obsolete) incorrectly; erroneously
6. (obsolete) suddenly
7. (Lichuan Gan) to play

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 玩 (“to play; to play with”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		嬉, 戲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		玩, 玩耍
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	玩兒
	Taiwan	玩
	Malaysia	玩
	Singapore	玩
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	玩兒
	Jinan	玩兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	站, 耍1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	耍1
	Wanrong	翻倒
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	子奇
	Xi'an	耍1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耍1
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耍1
	Wuhan	玩
	Guilin	耍1
	Liuzhou	玩
	Dagudi (Maliba)	玩
	Reshuitang (Longling)	玩
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	玩
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	玩
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	玩
	Hefei	玩
Mandarin	Nanping (Yanping)	耍1
Cantonese	Guangzhou	玩, 嫽
	Hong Kong	玩
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	玩
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	嫽
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	嫽
	Macau	玩
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	玩, 仙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	去嫽
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	玩, 嫽
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嫽
	Foshan	嫽
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	成人, 玩
	Foshan (Shunde)	玩
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耍1, 玩
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	耍1
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耍1
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	玩
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	玩
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嫽
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嫽
	Taishan	嫽, 戀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嫽
	Enping (Niujiang)	嫽
	Heshan (Yayao)	耍1
	Dongguan	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嫽
	Qingyuan	耍1
	Fogang	嫽
	Yingde (Hanguang)	嫽
	Yangshan	耍1
	Lianshan (Butian)	耍極
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	耍1
	Shaoguan	玩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	玩
	Renhua	玩
	Lechang	玩
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	耍1
	Sihui	玩耍
	Guangning	耍1
	Deqing	蕩
	Huaiji	耍1
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	耍1
	Yunfu	耍1, 搞
	Xinxing	轉
	Luoding	玩, 耍1
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蕩
	Yangjiang	搞
	Xinyi	嫽, 蕩
	Maoming (Xinpo)	嫽
	Lianjiang	嫽
	Nanning	耍1
	Wuzhou	去嫽
	Beihai	嘢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	耍1
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	玩
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	耍1
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Penang (Guangfu)	玩
	Singapore (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	玩, 嫽
	Móng Cái	耍1
Gan	Nanchang	暱, 玩
	Lichuan	猥
	Pingxiang	耍1
Hakka	Meixian	嫽, 搞
	Xingning	嫽
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Huiyang	嫽
	Huidong (Daling)	嫽
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嫽
	Boluo (Bendihua)	嫽
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嫽
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嫽
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	嫽
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	嫽
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	嫽
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	嫽
	Wengyuan	嫽
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	嫽
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	嫽
	Liannan	嫽
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	嫽
	Jiexi	搣
	Luhe	搞
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	嫽
	Changting	嫽
	Wuping	嫽
	Wuping (Pingyu)	嫽
	Liancheng	嫽
	Ninghua	嬉
	Yudu	嫽, 搞
	Shicheng	嬉
	Shangyou (Shexi)	嫽
	Tonggu (Sandu)	嫽
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	嫽
	Dayu	搞, 嫽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	尞, 搞
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	尞, 搞
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	尞, 爽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	尞, 搞
	Hong Kong	嫽, 搞
	Mengshan (Xihe)	嫽, 搞
	Luchuan	嫽
	Senai (Huiyang)	嫽
	Kuching (Hepo)	搞
Huizhou	Jixi	嬉
Jin	Taiyuan	耍1
Northern Min	Jian'ou	嬉
	Songxi	嬉
	Zhenghe	嬉
	Jianyang	嬉
	Wuyishan	嬉
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	客佻
	Fuzhou (Changle)	客佻
	Lianjiang	客佻
	Fuqing	客佻
	Pingtan	客佻
	Yongtai	客佻
	Minqing	客佻
	Gutian	客佻
	Pingnan	他佻
	Luoyuan	客佻
	Fu'an	宅佻
	Ningde	客佻
	Xiapu	客佻
	Zherong	宅佻
	Shouning	宅佻
	Zhouning	宅佻
	Fuding	宅佻
	Matsu	客佻
	Singapore (Fuqing)	客佻
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	客佻
Southern Min	Xiamen	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	𨑨迌
	Quanzhou	𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Jinjiang	𨑨迌
	Nan'an	𨑨迌
	Shishi	𨑨迌, 𨑨
	Hui'an	𨑨迌
	Anxi	𨑨迌
	Yongchun	𨑨迌
	Dehua	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𨑨迌
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Hua'an	𨑨迌
	Nanjing	𨑨迌
	Pinghe	𨑨迌
	Zhangpu	𨑨迌
	Yunxiao	𨑨迌
	Zhao'an	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Dongshan	𨑨迌
	Taipei	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kaohsiung	耍2, 𨑨迌, 奕
	Kinmen	𨑨迌
	Penang (Hokkien)	𨑨迌, 奕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Manila (Hokkien)	奕, 𨑨, 𨑨迌
	Longyan	𨑨迌
	Zhangping	𨑨迌
	Datian	嬉
	Chaozhou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Raoping	耍2
	Shantou	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𨑨迌
	Jieyang	耍2, 𨑨迌, 羅坐
	Lufeng	𨑨迌
	Haifeng	𨑨迌
	Bangkok (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𨑨迌
	Singapore (Teochew)	耍2, 𨑨迌
	Pontianak (Teochew)	耍2
	Leizhou	弄
	Wenchang	弄
	Haikou	弄
	Qionghai	弄
	Singapore (Hainanese)	弄
Puxian Min	Putian	搭聊
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	搭聊
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	搭聊
	Xianyou	搭聊
	Xianyou (Fengting)	搭聊
	Xianyou (Youyang)	搭聊
Central Min	Yong'an	嬉
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	嬉
	Sanming (Shaxian)	嬉
Wu	Shanghai	白相
	Shanghai (Chongming)	白相
	Suzhou	白相
	Wuxi	白相
	Hangzhou	耍子
	Shaoxing	嬉 intransitive, 搞 transitive
	Ningbo	嬲和, 嬉 dated, 嬉戲 dated, 白相 rare
	Wenzhou	嬉, 玩, 狡調
	Lishui	嬉
	Jinhua	嬉
Xiang	Changsha	玩
	Shuangfeng	耍1
	Quanzhou	耍1

Compounds

• 淫猥 (yínwěi)
• 煩猥 / 烦猥
• 猥獕
• 猥瑣 / 猥琐 (wěisuǒ)
• 猥當大任 / 猥当大任
• 猥褻 / 猥亵 (wěixiè)
• 猥賤 / 猥贱
• 貪猥無厭 / 贪猥无厌
• 鄙猥

 

References

• “猥”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

猥

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. obscene
2. vulgar

Readings

• Kan-on: わい (wai)
• Kun: みだら (midara, 猥ら)、みだりに (midarini, 猥りに)

Compounds

• 猥言(わいげん) (waigen)
• 猥語(わいご) (waigo)
• 猥雑(わいざつ) (waizatsu)
• 猥褻(わいせつ) (waisetsu)
• 猥談(わいだん) (waidan)
• 猥本(わいほん) (waihon)
• 淫猥(いんわい) (inwai)
• 卑猥(ひわい) (hiwai), 鄙猥(ひわい) (hiwai)

Korean

Hanja

猥 (eum 외 (oe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

猥: Hán Nôm readings: ổi

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