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魏

魏

Translingual

Han character

魏 (radical 194 鬼+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹山戈 (HVHUI), four-corner 26413, composition ⿰委鬼)

  1. (historical, strictly) The ancient state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty prior to its elevation as the kingdom of Liang
  2. (historical, loosely) The kingdom of Liang
  3. A surname​.

References

  • KangXi: page 1462, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45872
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1996, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4434, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9B4F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 魏
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 魚貴切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋujH/
Li
Rong		 /ŋiuəiH/
Wang
Li		 /ŋĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wuì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 魏 魏
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wéi wèi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ngjwɨj › ‹ ngjwɨjH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-qʰuj/ /*N-qʰuj-s/
English high, majestic 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 魏
Reading # 1/1
No. 4690
Phonetic
component		 鬼
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 魏
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋɡuls/
Notes 說文段注巍省文

Definitions

魏

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Synonyms

References

Japanese

Kanji

魏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Proper noun

魏 ‎(hiragana ぎ, romaji Gi)

  1. the Wei kingdom

Korean

Hanja

魏 • ‎(wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune-Reischauer wi, Yale wi)

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Usage notes

  • May also be romanized as Wie when used as surname.

Vietnamese

Han character

魏 (ngụy, nguỵ)

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