隗
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 11
- Residual strokes
- 9
Mandarin
wěi
guī
kuí
Teochew
Glyph
- Radical
- 阝
- Residual strokes
- 9 strokes
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Mandarin
- wěi / guī / kuí
Definitions by reading
nguin5
白
Mandarin equivalent wěi / guī / kuí
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng
nguin5白
Chaoyang
nguain5白
Chenghai
nguin5白
Jieyang
nguin5白
Raoping
nguin5白
Shantou
nguin5白
隗 <形> 高峻的样子 [towering] 隗,高也。――《玉篇》 隗 <名> 古国名 [Wei state]。地在今湖北省秭归县东 楚人灭隗。――《公羊传》 隗 <动> 倒塌 [collapse] 有客乘之,隗若山颓。――《酒赞》 隗wěi ⒈姓。
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English meaning
high; lofty; surname
GuangyunPhonological reconstruction
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疑母 一等 合口 灰韵 上声 五罪切
Reconstruction:
Original
陮隗,高也,亦姓,出天水,後漢有隗嚻。