巍

巍 U+5DCD, 巍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DCD ← 巌 [U+5DCC] CJK Unified Ideographs 巎 → [U+5DCE]

Translingual

Han character

巍 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+18, 21 strokes, Cangjie input 山竹女戈 (UHVI), four-corner 2241₃, composition ⿱山魏)

1. high, lofty, majestic, eminent

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8626
• Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 44
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 807, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5DCD

Chinese

trad.		巍
simp. #		巍
alternative forms		𡿁 魏

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

Etymology

Vocalic variant of 危 (OC *ŋoi) (Schuessler 2007); see there for etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi, wéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gui²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gûi
    • Tâi-lô: guî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: guii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjw+j

Rime
Character	巍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語韋切
Baxter	ngjw+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuj/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-qʰuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	巍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwɨj ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰuj/
English	high, majestic
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	巍
Reading #	1/1
No.	4691
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	巍
Old Chinese	/*ŋul/
Notes	嵬轉註字

Definitions

巍

1. towering; lofty

Compounds

• 另巍巍
• 崔巍 (cuīwēi)
• 巍峨 (wēi'é)
• 巍巍 (wēiwēi)
• 巍巍蕩蕩 / 巍巍荡荡
• 巍然 (wēirán)
• 巍然屹立
• 巍科
• 顫巍巍 / 颤巍巍
• 顫顫巍巍 / 颤颤巍巍

Japanese

Kanji

巍

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. towering; high

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)^{←ぎ (gi, historical)←ぐゐ (gwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)^{←ぎ (gi, historical)←ぐゐ (gwi, ancient)}
• Kun: たかい (takai, 巍い)
• Nanori: たか (taka)、たかし (takashi)

Korean

Hanja

巍 (eumhun 넢고 클 외 (neopgo keul oe))

1. hanja form^? of 외 (“high and large”)

Vietnamese

Han character

巍: Hán Việt readings: nguy
巍: Nôm readings: nguy, ngoai

1. chữ Hán form of nguy (“towering”)