Kanji Detail for 謂 - "to say, meaning, so-called"

謂

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
謂 means "to say, meaning, so-called."
1. To say - To speak; to state; to tell.
2. Meaning - Reason; name; what is called.
3. So-called - What is referred to as.
4. To think - To consider; to believe.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

reason; origin; history; oral tradition

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

say, tell; call, name; be called

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Wei

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to call, to say, to tell; name, title; meaning

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To address and speak. The Analects says "The Duke of Zhou addressed the Duke of Lu saying." | To comment. The Analects says "The Master commented on Zi Jian, the Master commented on Nan Rong," and so on. | To call. Mencius says "This is what is called a great man."
Onyomi

i(イ)
Kunyomi

i.u(い-う)

ii(いい)

iwayuru(いわゆる)

omo.u(おも-う)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)
Related Keywords
to say meaning so-called reason appellation name called declare state express assert claim tell refer to