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

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/

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/	/kˠiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷᵚiɛ/	/kʷᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɛ/	/kiuɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjwiə̆/	/kjwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ŋjue/	/kjue^X/
Wang Li	/ŋǐwe/	/kǐwe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋwie̯/	/kwie̯^X/
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

(～水) Wei (a river in Hubei, China)