湋

湋

湋 U+6E4B, 湋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E4B ← 湊 [U+6E4A] CJK Unified Ideographs 湌 → [U+6E4C]

Translingual

Han character

湋 (radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水木一手 (EDMQ), four-corner 3415₆, composition ⿰氵韋)

References

• KangXi: page 636, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17823
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1690, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6E4B

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Chinese

trad.		湋
simp.		𣲗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (韋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
禕	*qral
郼	*qʷɯl
褘	*qʰʷɯl
諱	*qʰʷɯls
媁	*qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
幃	*ɢʷɯl
違	*ɢʷɯl
圍	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls
韋	*ɢʷɯl
闈	*ɢʷɯl
湋	*ɢʷɯl
鍏	*ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ
潿	*ɢɯl
韙	*ɢʷɯlʔ
煒	*ɢʷɯlʔ
暐	*ɢʷɯlʔ
偉	*ɢʷɯlʔ
瑋	*ɢʷɯlʔ
葦	*ɢʷɯlʔ
椲	*ɢʷɯlʔ
韡	*ɢʷɯlʔ
愇	*ɢʷɯlʔ
緯	*ɢʷɯls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯl) : semantic 水 (“river”) + phonetic 韋 (OC *ɢʷɯl).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦʉi/▼

Rime
Character	湋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雨非切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuj/
Li Rong	/ɣiuəi/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/we̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	湋
Reading #	1/1
No.	12819
Phonetic component	韋
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	幃
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯl/

Definitions

湋

1. ^† (of a river) to flow back
2. ^† deep pool
3. Wei (a river in Shaanxi, China)

Compounds

湋源口／𣲗源口 (Wéiyuánkǒu)

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Japanese

Kanji

湋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)