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巍

巍

Translingual

Han character

巍 (radical 46 山+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 山竹女戈 (UHVI), four-corner 22413, composition ⿱山魏)

  1. high, lofty, majestic, eminent

References

  • KangXi: page 322, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8626
  • Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 44
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 807, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5DCD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 巍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謉 *tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰 *kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀 *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱 *kuːl
魁 *kʰuːl
磈 *kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊 *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬 *ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗 *ŋɡuːlʔ
槐 *ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣 *ɡuːlʔ
廆 *ɡuːlʔ
溾 *ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝 *ɡuːls, *krul
褢 *ɡruːl
騩 *krul, *kruls, *kul
愧 *kruls
媿 *kruls
聭 *kruls
餽 *ɡruls
鬼 *kulʔ
魏 *ŋɡuls
巍 *ŋul
犩 *ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 巍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語韋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋʉi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋuj/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiuəi/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wuí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wēi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-qʰuj/
English high, majestic

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 巍
Reading # 1/1
No. 4691
Phonetic
component		 鬼
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 巍
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋul/
Notes 嵬轉註字

Definitions

巍

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Compounds

  • 另巍巍
  • 崔巍
  • 巍峨
  • 巍巍 (wēiwēi)
  • 巍巍蕩蕩／巍巍荡荡
  • 巍然 (wēirán)
  • 巍然屹立
  • 巍科
  • 顫巍巍／颤巍巍
  • 顫顫巍巍／颤颤巍巍

Japanese

Kanji

巍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

巍 • ‎(oe) (hangeul 외, revised oe, McCune-Reischauer oe)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巍 (nguy)

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