崴

崴 U+5D34, 崴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D34 ← 崳 [U+5D33] CJK Unified Ideographs 崵 → [U+5D35]

Translingual

Han character

崴 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山戈竹女 (UIHV), four-corner 2225₃, composition ⿱山威)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 315, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8244
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 785, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5D34

Chinese

trad.		崴
simp. #		崴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崴	*qruːl
威	*qul
葳	*qul
隇	*qul
蝛	*qul
鰄	*qul
楲	*qul

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹
    • Yale: wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'weaj

Rime
Character	崴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	乙皆切
Baxter	'weaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠuɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəɨj/
Li Rong	/ʔuɛi/
Wang Li	/wɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤruj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qruːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁruj/
English	cliffy, 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	崴
Reading #	1/1
No.	12788
Phonetic component	威
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*qruːl/
Notes	乖由皆校改

Definitions

崴

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Compounds

• 崴嵬

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎi, wēi (wai³, wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˇ, ㄨㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wai³
    • Yale: wǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woai
    • Palladius: вай (vaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

崴

1. (dialectal) place where a mountain or body of water curves (often used in place names)
2. to sprain (one's ankle)

   腳崴了怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
   脚崴了怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]

   Jiǎo wǎi le zěnme bàn? [Pinyin]

   What do I do when I sprain my ankle?

Compounds

• 崴子 (wǎizi)
• 崴拉骨
• 崴泥
• 摩闊崴／摩阔崴 (Mókuòwǎi)
• 海參崴／海参崴 (Hǎishēnwǎi, Hǎishēnwēi) (Vladivostok)

 

References

• “崴”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

崴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): わい (wai); え (e); い (i)

Korean

Hanja

崴 • (oe, wi) (hangeul 외, 위)

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Vietnamese

Han character

崴: Hán Nôm readings: út

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References

• Nom Foundation