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)

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

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
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ɡui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡui¹³/

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
Old Chinese	/*ŋul/
Notes	嵬轉註字

Definitions

巍

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)

towering; high

Readings

On (unclassified): ぎ (gi)
Kun: たかい (takai)
Nanori: たか (taka)、たかし (takashi)

Korean

Hanja

巍 (eumhun 넢고 클 외 (neopgo keul oe))

hanja form^? of 외 (“high and large”)

Vietnamese

Han character

巍: Hán Việt readings: nguy^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
巍: Nôm readings: nguy^[1], ngoai^[1]

chữ Hán form of nguy (“towering”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Trần (2004).
^ Trần (1999).
^ Nguyễn (1974).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).