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

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/

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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	wuí	wuǐ

• 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-qʰˤuj/	/*N-qʰˤujʔ/
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/

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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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