洈

洈 U+6D08, 洈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D08 ← 洇 [U+6D07] CJK Unified Ideographs 洉 → [U+6D09]

Translingual

Han character

洈 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水弓一山 (ENMU), four-corner 3711₂, composition ⿰氵危)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 619, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17360
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1613, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6D08

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洈

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 洈
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krolʔ, *ŋrol): semantic 氵 (“river”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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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
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwe, kjweX

Rime
Character	洈	洈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚爲切	過委切
Baxter	ngjwe	kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiuᴇ/	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷᵚiɛ/	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɛ/	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjwiə̆/	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋjue/	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/ŋǐwe/	/kǐweX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋwie̯/	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/, /*ŋrol/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洈	洈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12774	12782
Phonetic component	危	危
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	詭	危
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/	/*ŋrol/

Definitions

洈

1. (～水) Wei (a river in Hubei, China)