wéi
high
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*N-qʰˤuj | ngwoj | wéi | high and rocky |
*N-qʰˤujʔ | ngwojX | wéi | high and rocky |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5510th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+5D6C |
Shuowen | “嵬，高不平也。从山，鬼聲。” |
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