巍峨 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

wēi'é

towering

wēi high

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

Components

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

魏 Sound component

wèi, wéi, wēi kingdom of Wei

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngjwɨj	N-qʰuj	high, majestic
Zhengzhang		ŋul
Unicode	ngiuəi

說文解字

高也。从嵬委聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

é lofty

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound. Simplified form of 峩.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

我 Sound component

wǒ I; me

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋaːl
Unicode	ngɑ

說文解字

嵯峨也。从山我聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)