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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 178 +10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手廿一十 (DQTMJ), four-corner 44554, composition)

  1. gorgeous

References

  • KangXi: page 1395, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43209
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1911, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4509, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+97E1

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qral
*qʷɯl
*qʰʷɯl
*qʰʷɯls
*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl
*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿 *ɢɯl
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯlʔ
*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦʉiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦujX/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuəiX/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/we̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wěi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wěi
Middle
Chinese
‹ hjwɨjX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ʷə[j]ʔ/
English brilliant (flowers)

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12829
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 韡曄韡晔
  • 韡韡

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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