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Chinese
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high; lofty; towering high; lofty; towering; majestic |
lofty; name of a mountain
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| trad. (巍峨)
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巍
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峨
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| simp. #(巍峨)
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巍
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峨
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| alternative forms
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巍峩
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Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Any connection with 嶙峋 (OC *rin/rinʔ sqʰʷin), 崢嶸 (OC *zraːŋ/zreːŋ ɢʷreːŋ/ɢʷreŋ), and/or 屴崱 (OC *rɯɡ zrɯɡ)?
Or with 嵽嵲 (OC *deːd ŋeːd/ŋred) and/or 岧嵽 (OC *deːw deːd)?
In all these words, it looks like there was some sort of reduplication in Old Chinese.”
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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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峨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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4691
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13032
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Phonetic
component
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鬼
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我
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Rime
group
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微
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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巍
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莪
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋul/
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/*ŋaːl/
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| Notes
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嵬轉註字
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Adjective
巍峨
- towering; lofty
Synonyms