嵬

Translingual

Han character

嵬 (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: volume 1, page 787, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5D6C

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		嵬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: wei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (嵬, reconstructed)
Character (嵬), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 五灰切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋuʌi/	/ŋuɑ̆i/	/ŋuᴀi/	/ŋuoi/	/ŋwəj/	/ŋuɒi/	/ŋuɒi/
Character (嵬), Pronunciation 2/2
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 (嵬, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
嵬								wéi								‹ ngwoj ›								/*N-qʰˤuj/								high and rocky
嵬								wéi								‹ ngwojX ›								/*N-qʰˤujʔ/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
嵬					4667					鬼					微					2					鮠					/*ŋɡuːl/
嵬					4669					鬼					微					2					頠					/*ŋɡuːlʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

嵬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

嵬 (oe) (hangeul 외, revised oe, McCune-Reischauer oe)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嵬 (ngôi)

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