巍

巍 U+5DCD, 巍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DCD
← 巌
[U+5DCC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巎 →
[U+5DCE]

Translingual

Han character

巍 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 山竹女戈 (UHVI), four-corner 22413, composition ⿱山魏)

  1. high, lofty, majestic, eminent

References
  • KangXi: 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
trad. 巍
simp. # 巍
alternative forms 𡿁
魏

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

Etymology

Vocalic variant of 危 (OC *ŋoi) (Schuessler 2007); see there for etymology.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 巍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語韋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋʉi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋʷɨi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiuəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋuj/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiuəi/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭwəi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋwe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wéi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ngai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wēi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-qʰuj/
English high, majestic

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 巍
Reading # 1/1
No. 4691
Phonetic
component		 鬼
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 巍
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋul/
Notes 嵬轉註字

Definitions

巍

  1. towering; lofty

Compounds
  • 巍然 (wēirán)
  • 巍然屹立
  • 巍科

Japanese

Kanji
巍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. towering; high

Readings
  • On (unclassified): ぎ (gi)
  • Kun: たかい (takai)
  • Nanori: たか (taka); たかし (takashi)

Korean

Hanja

巍 (eumhun 넢고 클 외 (neopgo keul oe))

  1. 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]

  1. chữ Hán form of nguy (“towering”).

References
  1. Trần (2004).
  2. Trần (1999).
  3. Nguyễn (1974).
  4. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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