媁

Translingual

Han character

媁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女木一手 (VDMQ), composition ⿰女韋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 266, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6473
• Dae Jaweon: page 533, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5A81

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		媁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jw+j, hjw+jX

Rime
Character	媁	媁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於非切	于鬼切
Baxter	'jw+j	hjw+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʉi/	/ɦʉiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷɨi/	/ɦʷɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuəi/	/ɣiuəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuj/	/ɦujX/
Li Rong	/ʔiuəi/	/ɣiuəiX/
Wang Li	/ĭwəi/	/ɣĭwəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwe̯i/	/we̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai1	wai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʷɯl/, /*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媁	媁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12813	12830
Phonetic component	韋	韋
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	威	韙
Old Chinese	/*qʷɯl/	/*ɢʷɯlʔ/

Definitions

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 94