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危 U+5371, 危
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5371
← 印
[U+5370] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卲 →
[U+5372]

Translingual

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Han character

危 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓一尸山 (NMSU), four-corner 27212, composition ⿸厃㔾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2849
  • Dae Jaweon: page 364, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5371
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (危) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 厃 (“person on a cliff or mountain”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”).

Written like 𡴲 during the Warring States period, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology

Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋō̆j (~-ō̆l) (“high, rise”) and compares 危 to Burmese ငွား (ngwa:, “be large, great, be high, to project prominently above and beyond others”), Jingpho [script needed] (ŋoi, “to rise, as a hill”); & possibly Proto-Kiranti *ŋo-.

Schuessler (2007) notes that Chinese and Written Burmese can be reconciled by assuming an ST final *-l; furthermore, 危 (OC *ŋoi) may be a vocalic variant of 巍 (OC *ŋui), which in turn is related to 魏 (OC *ŋuih).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • gûi - literary;
  • hûi - vernacular;
  • ûi/lûi - colloquial.
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Definitions

危

  1. dangerous
    危在旦夕  ―  wēizàidànxī  ―  in imminent danger
    居安思危  ―  jū'ānsīwēi  ―  to think of danger in times of safety
  2. (literary) precarious; high
    危峰  ―  wēifēng  ―  towering peak
  3. dying
    病危  ―  bìngwēi  ―  critically ill
    垂危  ―  chuíwēi  ―  to be critically ill
  4. (literary) upright; proper
    正襟危坐  ―  zhèngjīnwēizuò  ―  to sit straight solemnly
  5. to endanger; to put in danger
    危及  ―  wēijí  ―  to endanger
  6. to fear; to be uneasy
    人人自危  ―  rénrénzìwēi  ―  everyone feels insecure
  7. (literary) roof
  8. (～宿) (astronomy) the Roof, a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Pegasus
  9. (Internet slang, ACG) Danger! (Used usually alone by one to warn or tell other participants or viewers of a video, video game, etc. that one or several persons or things are in danger and dying for help. Originated from a video game.)
  10. a surname

Compounds

  • 三危山 (Sānwēishān)
  • 乘人之危 (chéngrénzhīwēi)
  • 乘危
  • 事危累卵
  • 人人自危 (rénrénzìwēi)
  • 人命危淺 / 人命危浅 (rénmìngwēiqiǎn)
  • 人心惟危
  • 倒懸之危 / 倒悬之危 (dàoxuánzhīwēi)
  • 傾危 / 倾危 (qīngwēi)
  • 危亡 (wēiwáng)
  • 危及 (wēijí)
  • 危在旦夕 (wēizàidànxī)
  • 危坐
  • 危城 (wēichéng)
  • 危如累卵 (wēirúlěiluǎn)
  • 危害 (wēihài)
  • 危宿 (Wēixiù, Wéixiù)
  • 危局 (wēijú)
  • 危屋
  • 危弱
  • 危急 (wēijí)
  • 危惙
  • 危情 (wēiqíng)
  • 危房 (wēifáng)
  • 危於累卵 / 危于累卵
  • 危樓 / 危楼 (wēilóu)
  • 危機 / 危机 (wēijī, wéijī)
  • 危機四伏 / 危机四伏 (wēijīsìfú)
  • 危機意識 / 危机意识
  • 危檣 / 危樯
  • 危殆 (wēidài)
  • 危竿
  • 危篤 / 危笃 (wēidǔ)
  • 危若朝露
  • 危行
  • 危言 (wēiyán)
  • 危言危行
  • 危言正色
  • 危言聳聽 / 危言耸听 (wēiyánsǒngtīng)
  • 危言讜論 / 危言谠论
  • 危邦
  • 危險 / 危险 (wēixiǎn)
  • 危險分子 / 危险分子
  • 危險性 / 危险性 (wēixiǎnxìng)
  • 危險期 / 危险期
  • 危險物 / 危险物
  • 危難 / 危难 (wēinàn)
  • 去危就安
  • 古巴危機 / 古巴危机
  • 國際危機 / 国际危机
  • 垂危 (chuíwēi)
  • 孤危
  • 安不忘危 (ānbùwàngwēi)
  • 安危 (ānwēi)
  • 安必思危
  • 居安思危 (jū'ānsīwēi)
  • 居安慮危 / 居安虑危
  • 居高思危
  • 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
  • 忘戰必危 / 忘战必危
  • 忘戰者危 / 忘战者危
  • 慄慄危懼 / 栗栗危惧
  • 扶危 (fúwēi)
  • 扶危定亂 / 扶危定乱
  • 扶危定傾 / 扶危定倾
  • 扶危拯溺
  • 扶危持顛 / 扶危持颠
  • 扶危救困
  • 扶危濟困 / 扶危济困
  • 扶危翼傾 / 扶危翼倾
  • 扶顛持危 / 扶颠持危
  • 拯危扶溺
  • 持危扶顛 / 持危扶颠
  • 拯溺扶危
  • 拯溺濟危 / 拯溺济危
  • 排危
  • 捨安就危 / 舍安就危
  • 撥亂濟危 / 拨乱济危
  • 救困扶危 (jiù kùn fúwēi)
  • 整襟危坐
  • 旦夕之危
  • 桓殷危語
  • 正色危言
  • 正襟危坐 (zhèngjīnwēizuò)
  • 涉危履險 / 涉危履险
  • 涉艱履危 / 涉艰履危
  • 潛在危機 / 潜在危机
  • 濟困扶危 / 济困扶危
  • 濟弱扶危 / 济弱扶危
  • 瀕危 / 濒危 (bīnwēi)
  • 病危 (bìngwēi)
  • 直言危行
  • 知安忘危
  • 石油危機 / 石油危机
  • 破家危國 / 破家危国
  • 累卵之危
  • 經濟危機 / 经济危机 (jīngjì wēijī)
  • 能源危機 / 能源危机
  • 臨危 / 临危 (línwēi)
  • 臨危下石 / 临危下石
  • 臨危不亂 / 临危不乱 (línwēibùluàn)
  • 臨危不懼 / 临危不惧
  • 臨危不撓 / 临危不挠
  • 臨危不顧 / 临危不顾
  • 臨危受命 / 临危受命 (línwēishòumìng)
  • 臨危履冰 / 临危履冰
  • 臨危授命 / 临危授命 (línwēishòumìng)
  • 臨危效命 / 临危效命
  • 臨危自悔 / 临危自悔
  • 臨危自省 / 临危自省
  • 臨危自計 / 临危自计
  • 臨危致命 / 临危致命
  • 自危
  • 艱危 / 艰危 (jiānwēi)
  • 處安思危 / 处安思危 (chǔ'ānsīwēi)
  • 見危 / 见危
  • 見危受命 / 见危受命
  • 見危授命 / 见危授命
  • 見危致命 / 见危致命
  • 解危
  • 變危為安 / 变危为安
  • 趁人之危
  • 轉危為安 / 转危为安 (zhuǎnwēiwéi'ān)
  • 阽危 (diànwēi)
  • 高而不危
  • 齒危髮秀 / 齿危发秀

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 危 – see 懸 (“(Teochew) high; tall”).
(This character is a variant form of 懸).

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