嵬

嵬 U+5D6C, 嵬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D6C ← 嵫 [U+5D6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵭 → [U+5D6D]

Translingual

Han character

嵬 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山竹山戈 (UHUI), four-corner 2221₃, composition ⿱山鬼)

1. high
2. rugged, rocky, precipitous

References

• KangXi: page 317, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8355
• Dae Jaweon: page 618, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 787, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5D6C

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Chinese

trad.		嵬
simp. #		嵬

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋuʌi/, /ŋuʌi^X/

Rime
Character	嵬	嵬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	五灰切	五罪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuʌi/	/ŋuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoi/	/ŋuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɒi/	/ŋuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwəj/	/ŋwəjX/
Li Rong	/ŋuᴀi/	/ŋuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/ŋuɒi/	/ŋuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuɑ̆i/	/ŋuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngoi4	ngoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-qʰˤuj/, /*N-qʰˤujʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡuːl/, /*ŋɡuːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嵬	嵬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	wéi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngwoj ›	‹ ngwojX ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰˁuj/	/*N-qʰˁujʔ/
English	high and rocky	high and rocky
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	嵬	嵬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4667	4669
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鮠	頠
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡuːl/	/*ŋɡuːlʔ/

Definitions

嵬

1. high and irregular; towering and rocky

Compounds

• 崔嵬 (cuīwéi)
• 崴嵬
• 嵬峨
• 嵬嵬

• 嵬嶷
• 磪嵬
• 嵬然不動／嵬然不动
• 嵬瑣／嵬琐

• 嵬說／嵬说
• 馬嵬／马嵬 (Mǎwéi)
• 馬嵬亭／马嵬亭
• 馬嵬坡／马嵬坡 (Mǎwéi-pō)

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Japanese

Kanji

嵬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); がい (gai); ぎ (gi)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

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Korean

Hanja

嵬 (eum 외 (oe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵬: Hán Nôm readings: ngôi

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