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魏
魏
Translingual
Han character
魏 (radical 194 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹山戈 (HVHUI), four-corner 26413, composition ⿰委鬼)
- (historical, strictly) The ancient state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty prior to its elevation as the kingdom of Liang
- (historical, loosely) The kingdom of Liang
- A surname.
References
- KangXi: page 1462, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45872
- Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4434, character 10
- Unihan data for U+9B4F
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
魏 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: wei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ngai6, ngai4
- Yale: ngaih, ngàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai6, ngai4
- IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯²²/, /ŋɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gūi
- Tâi-lô: guī
- Phofsit Daibuun: gui
- IPA (Xiamen): /gui²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /gui⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /gui³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /gui³³/
- (Hokkien)
Rime | |
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Character | 魏 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
Openness (開合) | Closed |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 魚貴切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋʉiH/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/ŋʷɨiH/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/ŋiuəiH/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋujH/ |
Li Rong |
/ŋiuəiH/ |
Wang Li |
/ŋĭwəiH/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋwe̯iH/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wuì |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
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Character | 魏 | 魏 |
Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wéi | wèi |
Middle Chinese |
‹ ngjwɨj › | ‹ ngjwɨjH › |
Old Chinese |
/*N-qʰuj/ | /*N-qʰuj-s/ |
English | high, majestic | high |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 魏 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 4690 |
Phonetic component |
鬼 |
Rime group |
微 |
Rime subdivision |
2 |
Corresponding MC rime |
魏 |
Old Chinese |
/*ŋɡuls/ |
Notes | 說文段注巍省文 |
Definitions
魏
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Synonyms
References
- “Entry #41278”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
魏
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Readings
Proper noun
- the Wei kingdom
Korean
Hanja
魏 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
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Usage notes
- May also be romanized as Wie when used as surname.
Vietnamese
Han character
魏 (ngụy, nguỵ)
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