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嵬

嵬

Translingual

Han character

嵬 (radical 46 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山竹山戈 (UHUI), four-corner 22213, composition ⿱山鬼)

  1. high
  2. rugged, rocky, precipitous

References

  • KangXi: page 317, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8355
  • Dae Jaweon: page 618, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 787, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5D6C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 嵬

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 嵬 嵬
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 疑 (31) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 五灰切 五罪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋuʌi/ /ŋuʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋuoi/ /ŋuoiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋuɒi/ /ŋuɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋwəj/ /ŋwəjX/
Li
Rong		 /ŋuᴀi/ /ŋuᴀiX/
Wang
Li		 /ŋuɒi/ /ŋuɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋuɑ̆i/ /ŋuɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wuí wuǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嵬 嵬
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wéi wéi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngwoj › ‹ ngwojX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-qʰˤuj/ /*N-qʰˤujʔ/
English high and rocky high and rocky

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 嵬 嵬
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 4667 4669
Phonetic
component		 鬼 鬼
Rime
group		 微 微
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 鮠 頠
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋɡuːl/ /*ŋɡuːlʔ/

Definitions

嵬

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Compounds

  • 崔嵬
  • 崴嵬
  • 嵬峨
  • 嵬嵬
  • 嵬嶷
  • 嵬然不動／嵬然不动
  • 嵬瑣／嵬琐
  • 嵬說／嵬说

Japanese

Kanji

嵬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵬 (ngôi)

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