崴 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wǎiwēi

high

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 威 represents the sound.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

威 Sound component

wēi power

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ʔwɛj	[ʔ]ˤruj	cliffy, high
Zhengzhang		qruːl

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang