隗

隗 U+9697, 隗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9697
← 隖
[U+9696]
CJK Unified Ideographs 隘 →
[U+9698]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

trad. 隗
simp. # 隗

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ) : semantic 阝 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 隗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五罪切
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 隗
Reading # 1/1
No. 4668
Phonetic
component
鬼
Rime
group
微
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
頠
Old
Chinese
/*ŋɡuːlʔ/

Definitions

隗

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation


Definitions

隗

  1. a surname

Compounds

  • 先從隗始/先从隗始
  • 請自隗始/请自隗始

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

隗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. high
  2. steep

Readings

Korean

Hanja

隗 • (a) (hangeul 아)

  1. high
  2. lofty
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