犩

犩 U+72A9, 犩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72A9 ← 犨 [U+72A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 犪 → [U+72AA]

Translingual

Han character

犩 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈竹手 (HIHQ), four-corner 2650₁, composition ⿱魏牛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 705, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20218
• Dae Jaweon: page 1118, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1822, character 8
• Unihan data for U+72A9

Chinese

trad.		犩
simp. #		犩

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋul, *ŋuls): phonetic 魏 (OC *ŋɡuls) + semantic 牛 (“bull”).

Etymology

According to Schuessler (2007), 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) is the same etymon as 夔 (OC *grui ~ *gwrə) and was borrowed into Later Han Chinese from a Tibeto-Burman language, though ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lwa:j (“buffalo”).

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

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• Middle Chinese: ngjw+j, ngjw+jH

Rime
Character	犩	犩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語韋切	魚貴切
Baxter	ngjw+j	ngjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉi/	/ŋʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷɨi/	/ŋʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuəi/	/ŋiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuj/	/ŋujH/
Li Rong	/ŋiuəi/	/ŋiuəiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwəi/	/ŋĭwəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋwe̯i/	/ŋwe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋul/, /*ŋuls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犩	犩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4692	4693
Phonetic component	鬼	鬼
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	巍	魏
Old Chinese	/*ŋul/	/*ŋuls/

Definitions

犩

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) ancient wild cattle of southwest China, also known as 犪牛.

Zhuang

Noun

犩

1. Sawndip form of vaiz