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U+9697, 隗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9697

[U+9696]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9698]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 170, +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 76213, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1358, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41788
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4147, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9697

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ) : semantic (soil mountain) + phonetic (OC *kulʔ).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter ngwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋuʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋuoiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋuɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋwəjX/
Li
Rong
/ŋuᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/ŋuɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋuɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wěi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngoi5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4668
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡuːlʔ/

Definitions

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  1. high; lofty
      ―  yǎowěi  ―  high and steep
  2. to collapse; to fall
  3. a surname

Etymology 2

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Wang Guowei (1923) (apud Khayutina, 2016) connects this surname, also written as 媿 (kuí), to the ethnonym 鬼方 (Guǐfāng).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. a surname

Compounds

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. high
  2. steep

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ge)
  • Kan-on: がい (gai)
  • Kan’yō-on: かい (kai)
  • Kun: けわしい (kewashii, 隗しい)たかい (takai)

Korean

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Hanja

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(a) (hangeul )

  1. high
  2. lofty