# 巍

| 巍 | U+5DCD, &#24013; 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 2241$_3$, 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
### 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 |

### Etymology

Vocalic variant of 危 (OC *ŋoi) (Schuessler 2007); see there for etymology.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wēi, wéi
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ, ㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gûi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wei
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^1$
*** Yale: wēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** 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/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kui¹³/
* 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 | ngai$^4$ |
* 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 | 巍 |
| 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

(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
巍: Nôm readings: nguy, ngoai
* chữ Hán form of nguy (“towering”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).