# 嵬

| 嵬 | U+5D6C, &#23916; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D6C |
| ← 嵫 [U+5D6B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嵭 → [U+5D6D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嵬 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山竹山戈 (UHUI), four-corner 2221$_3$, composition ⿱山鬼)
* high
* rugged, rocky, precipitous

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 317, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8355
* Dae Jaweon: page 618, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 787, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5D6C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéi (wei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngai$^4$
*** Yale: ngàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɐi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngwoj, ngwojX
Rime :
| Character | 嵬 | 嵬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 五灰切 | 五罪切 |
| Baxter | ngwoj | ngwojX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋuʌi/ | /ŋuʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋuoi/ | /ŋuoi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋuɒi/ | /ŋuɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋwəj/ | /ŋwəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋuᴀi/ | /ŋuᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋuɒi/ | /ŋuɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ŋuɑ̆i/ | /ŋuɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi | wěi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngoi$^4$ | ngoi$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-qʰˤuj/, /*N-qʰˤujʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡuːl/, /*ŋɡuːlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嵬 | 嵬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wéi | wéi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngwoj › | ‹ ngwoj$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*N-qʰˁuj/ | /*N-qʰˁujʔ/ |
| English | high and rocky | high and rocky |
| 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 | 嵬 | 嵬 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4667 | 4669 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鮠 | 頠 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋɡuːl/ | /*ŋɡuːlʔ/ |

### Definitions

嵬
* high and irregular; towering and rocky

#### Compounds

* 崔嵬 (cuīwéi)
* 崴嵬
* 嵬峨
* 嵬嵬
* 嵬嶷
* 嵬然不動／嵬然不动
* 嵬瑣／嵬琐
* 嵬說／嵬说
* 磪嵬
* 馬嵬／马嵬 (Mǎwéi)
* 馬嵬亭／马嵬亭
* 馬嵬坡／马嵬坡 (Mǎwéi-pō)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)、がい (gai)、ぎ (gi)
* Kun: たかい (takai)

## Korean
### Hanja

嵬 (eum 외 (oe))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嵬: Hán Nôm readings: ngôi
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