峞

See also: 峗

峞 U+5CDE, 峞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CDE ← 峝 [U+5CDD] CJK Unified Ideographs 峟 → [U+5CDF]

Translingual

Han character

峞 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山弓一山 (UNMU) or 難山弓一山 (XUNMU), four-corner 2271₂, composition ⿱山危)

1. high and uneven

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8049
• Dae Jaweon: page 610, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 771, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5CDE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		峞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (危) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	*ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠	*ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	*krolʔ, *krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	*krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽	*krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	*kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴ / ai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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 / ai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih / àih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴ / ai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴ / ei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/, /ɐi̯²¹/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: ngwoj, ngwojX

Rime
Character	峞	峞
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/	/ŋuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuoi/	/ŋuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋuɒi/	/ŋuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋwəj/	/ŋwəjX/
Li Rong	/ŋuᴀi/	/ŋuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/ŋuɒi/	/ŋuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuɑ̆i/	/ŋuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngoi4	ngoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋuːl/, /*ŋuːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峞	峞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12764	12766
Phonetic component	危	危
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	鮠	頠
Old Chinese	/*ŋuːl/	/*ŋuːlʔ/

Definitions

峞

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 99

Japanese

Kanji

峞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: げ (ge)^{←げ (ge, historical)←ぐゑ (gwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: がい (gai)^{←ぐわい (gwai, historical)}