硊

Translingual

Han character

硊 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓一山 (MRNMU), four-corner 1761₂, composition ⿰石危)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 57
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24168
• Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2430, character 2
• Unihan data for U+784A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		硊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	*ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠	*ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	*krolʔ, *krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	*krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽	*krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	*kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěi (wei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěi
    • Wade–Giles: wei³
    • Yale: wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngai⁵
    • Yale: ngáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwieX

Rime
Character	硊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚毁切
Baxter	ngjwieX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋjuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋiueX/
Wang Li	/ŋǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrolʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硊
Reading #	1/1
No.	12784
Phonetic component	危
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋrolʔ/
Notes	見楚辭招隱士

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硊

1. ^† Only used in 磈硊.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai³
    • Yale: kwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硊

1. Only used in 石硊.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 硊 – see 峗. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 峗).

References

• “硊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–