隗

Translingual

Han character

隗 (radical 170 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 7621₃, composition ⿰⻖鬼)

1. high
2. lofty
3. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 1358, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41788
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4147, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9697

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		隗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵, wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade-Giles: wei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵, wai⁴
    • Yale: ngáih, wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵, wai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (隗, reconstructed)
Character (隗), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 五罪切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋuʌiX/	/ŋuɑ̆iX/	/ŋuᴀiX/	/ŋuoiX/	/ŋwəjX/	/ŋuɒiX/	/ŋuɒiX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (隗, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
隗					4668					鬼					微					2					頠					/*ŋɡuːlʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

隗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かい (kai), がい (gai), き (ki)
• Kun: けわしい (kewashii), たかい (takai)

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Korean

Hanja

隗 (a) (hangeul 아)

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