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Translingual
Han character
巍 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 山竹女戈 (UHVI), four-corner 22413, composition ⿱山魏)
- high, lofty, majestic, eminent
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8626
- Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 44
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 807, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5DCD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 謉
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*tkuːlʔ, *krul
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| 瑰
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*kuːl, *ɡuːl
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| 傀
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*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
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| 藱
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*kuːl
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| 魁
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*kʰuːl
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| 磈
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*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
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| 塊
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*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
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| 嵬
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*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
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| 隗
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*ŋɡuːlʔ
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| 槐
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*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
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| 瘣
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*ɡuːlʔ
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| 廆
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*ɡuːlʔ
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| 溾
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*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
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| 螝
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*ɡuːls, *krul
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| 褢
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*ɡruːl
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| 騩
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*krul, *kruls, *kul
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| 愧
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*kruls
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| 媿
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*kruls
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| 聭
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*kruls
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| 餽
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*ɡruls
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| 鬼
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*kulʔ
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| 魏
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*ŋɡuls
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| 巍
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*ŋul
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| 犩
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*ŋul, *ŋuls
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Etymology
Vocalic variant of 危 (OC *ŋoi) (Schuessler 2007); see there for etymology.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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巍
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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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‹ ngjwɨj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*N-qʰuj/
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| English
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high, majestic
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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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巍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4691
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Phonetic
component
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鬼
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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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巍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋul/
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| Notes
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嵬轉註字
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Definitions
巍
- towering; lofty
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
巍
(Hyōgai kanji)
- towering; high
Readings
Korean
Hanja
巍 (eumhun 넢고 클 외 (neopgo keul oe))
- hanja form? of 외 (“high and large”)
Vietnamese
Han character
巍: Hán Việt readings: nguy[1][2][3][4]
巍: Nôm readings: nguy[1], ngoai[1]
- chữ Hán form of nguy (“towering”).
References