偎

Translingual

Han character

偎 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人田一女 (OWMV), four-corner 2623₂, composition ⿰亻畏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 110, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 843
• Dae Jaweon: page 235, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 191, character 2
• Unihan data for U+504E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		偎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *quːl) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui¹
    • Yale: wūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oe
    • Tâi-lô: ue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'woj

Rime
Character	偎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏恢切
Baxter	'woj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəj/
Li Rong	/ʔuᴀi/
Wang Li	/uɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偎
Reading #	1/1
No.	12923
Phonetic component	畏
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	隈
Old Chinese	/*quːl/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 偎

1. to snuggle up to; to lean close to
2. ^† hidden; unclear
3. ^† to comfort

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Japanese

Kanji

偎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cling to
2. cuddle
3. embrace
4. fondle

Readings

• On (unclassified): わい (wai), え (e)
• Kun: ほのか (honoka), なじむ (najimu), したしむ (shitashimu), ちかよる (chikayoru)

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Korean

Hanja

偎 • (oe) (hangeul 외)

1. come close
2. approach
3. embrace
4. faint, vague