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Translingual

Han character

(radical 194 +8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹山戈 (HVHUI), four-corner 26413, composition)

  1. (historical, strictly) The ancient state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty prior to its elevation as the kingdom of Liang
  2. (historical, loosely) The kingdom of Liang
  3. 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.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tkuːlʔ, *krul
*kuːl, *ɡuːl
*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
*kuːl
*kʰuːl
*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
*ŋɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
*ɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
*ɡuːls, *krul
*ɡruːl
*krul, *kruls, *kul
*kruls
媿 *kruls
*kruls
*ɡruls
*kulʔ
*ŋɡuls
*ŋul
*ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
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)
Character
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;
* 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. 4690
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡuls/
Notes

Definitions

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Synonyms

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Proper noun

(hiragana , romaji Gi)

  1. the Wei kingdom

Korean

Hanja

(wi) (hangeul , 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

(ngụy, nguỵ)

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