魏

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Han character

魏 (radical 194 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹山戈 (HVHUI), four-corner 2641₃, composition ⿰委鬼)

1. (historical, strictly) The ancient state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty prior to its elevation as the kingdom of Liang
2. (historical, loosely) The kingdom of Liang
3. A surname​.

References

• KangXi: page 1462, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45872
• Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4434, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9B4F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		魏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶, ngai⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): gūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶, ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngaih, ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶, ngai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/, /ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gūi
    • Tâi-lô: guī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gui
    • IPA (Taipei): /gui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gui²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋʉi^H/▼

Rime
Character	魏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋujH/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wuì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*N-qʰuj/, /*N-qʰuj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡuls/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魏	魏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	wèi
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjwɨj ›	‹ ngjwɨjH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-qʰuj/	/*N-qʰuj-s/
English	high, majestic	high
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	魏
Reading #	1/1
No.	4690
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	魏
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡuls/
Notes	說文段注巍省文

Definitions

魏

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Synonyms

• 梁 (liáng)
• 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó)
• 魏國／魏国 (Wèiguó)

References

• “Entry #41278”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

魏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

Proper noun

魏 ‎(hiragana ぎ, romaji Gi)

1. the Wei kingdom

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Korean

Hanja

魏 • ‎(wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Usage notes

• May also be romanized as Wie when used as surname.

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Vietnamese

Han character

魏 (ngụy, nguỵ)

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