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隗

隗

Translingual

Han character

隗 (radical 170 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 76213, composition ⿰⻖鬼)

  1. high
  2. lofty
  3. used as a surname

References

  • KangXi: page 1358, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41788
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4147, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9697

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 隗

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 隗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五罪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋuʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋuoiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋuɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋwəjX/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuᴀiX/
Wang
Li		 /ŋuɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋuɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wuǐ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 隗
Reading # 1/1
No. 4668
Phonetic
component		 鬼
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 頠
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋɡuːlʔ/

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隗

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Japanese

Kanji

隗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Korean

Hanja

隗 • ‎(a) (hangeul 아)

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