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崴
wǎiwēi

high

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
威
威 Sound component
wēi power

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔwɛj[ʔ]ˤrujcliffy, high
Zhengzhangqruːl

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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