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Translingual
Han character
崴 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山戈竹女 (UIHV), four-corner 22253, composition ⿱山威)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 315, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8244
- Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 785, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5D34
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 崴
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*qruːl
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| 威
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*qul
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| 葳
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*qul
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| 隇
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*qul
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| 蝛
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*qul
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| 鰄
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*qul
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| 楲
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*qul
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Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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崴
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wēi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔwɛj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁruj/
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| English
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cliffy, high
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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崴
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12788
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Phonetic
component
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威
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*qruːl/
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| Notes
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乖由皆校改
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Definitions
崴
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Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
崴
- (dialectal) place where a mountain or body of water curves (often used in place names)
- to sprain (one's ankle)
腳崴了怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
脚崴了怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]- Jiǎo wǎi le zěnme bàn?
- What do I do when I sprain my ankle?
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
崴
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
崴 • (oe, wi) (hangeul 외, 위)
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Vietnamese
Han character
崴: Hán Nôm readings: út, ngoải, voải, ngoai, voai, uây, uay, doay, duây, ngoãi, voãi
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References