"隗" meaning in All languages combined

See 隗 on Wiktionary

Character [Chinese]

IPA: /weɪ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɐi̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯²¹⁴/, /ŋɐi̯¹³/, /ŋɐi̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: wěi [Mandarin, Pinyin], wei³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ngai⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ngai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], wěi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wěi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wěi [Mandarin, Yale], woei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэй [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], ngáih [Cantonese, Yale], ngàih [Cantonese, Yale], ngai⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ngei⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ngwojX [Middle-Chinese], /*ŋɡuːlʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ) : semantic 阝 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ŋɡuːlʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ), {{Han compound|阝|鬼|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=soil mountain}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ) : semantic 阝 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 隗
  1. high; lofty Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-隗-zh-character-XjPndEV9
  2. to collapse; to fall Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-隗-zh-character-gNvSu0Vs Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 46 53
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-隗-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 37 31 31 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 46 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Character [Chinese]

IPA: /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/, /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: Kuí [Mandarin, Pinyin], Kui² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄨㄟˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], kwai⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], Kuí [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], Kuéi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], Kʻuei² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], Kwéi [Mandarin, Yale], Kwei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], Куй [Mandarin, Palladius], Kuj [Mandarin, Palladius], kwàih [Cantonese, Yale], kwai⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], kuei⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Wang Guowei (1923) (apud Khayutina, 2016) connects this surname, also written as 媿/愧 (kuí), to the ethnonym 鬼方 (Guǐfāng). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|媿|tr=kuí}} 媿/愧 (kuí), {{zh-l|鬼方}} 鬼方 (Guǐfāng) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 隗
  1. a surname Derived forms: 先從隗始, 先从隗始, 請自隗始, 请自隗始
    Sense id: en-隗-zh-character-v2O7m9sM1 Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 37 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character [Japanese]

  1. high Tags: Hyōgai, kanji, uncommon
    Sense id: en-隗-ja-character-bvfJsV7N Categories (other): Uncommon kanji Disambiguation of Uncommon kanji: 47 53
  2. steep Tags: Hyōgai, kanji, uncommon
    Sense id: en-隗-ja-character-qqhKy5dY Categories (other): Uncommon kanji Disambiguation of Uncommon kanji: 47 53

Character [Korean]

Forms: a [romanization], [hangeul]
Head templates: {{head|ko|Han characters|sc=Kore|sort=아|tr=a}} 隗 • (a), {{ko-hanja|eumhun=|hangeul=아|mr=|rv=|y=}} 隗 • (a) (hangeul 아)
  1. high
    Sense id: en-隗-ko-character-bvfJsV7N
  2. lofty
    Sense id: en-隗-ko-character-4-Bo00Ed Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Korean terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 0 100

Character [Translingual]

  1. 隗 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 7621₃, composition ⿰阝鬼)

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "mul",
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        "隗 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 7621₃, composition ⿰阝鬼)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Kangxi radical",
          "Kangxi radical"
        ],
        [
          "阝",
          "阝#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "鬼",
          "鬼#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

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        "adj": "",
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        "pron": "OC *ŋɡuːlʔ"
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋɡuːlʔ) : semantic 阝 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).",
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        {
          "english": "high and steep",
          "roman": "yǎowěi",
          "text": "杳隗",
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        }
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        "high; lofty"
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      "glosses": [
        "to collapse; to fall"
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
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  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngwojX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋɡuːlʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋɡuːlʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "媿",
        "tr": "kuí"
      },
      "expansion": "媿/愧 (kuí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "鬼方"
      },
      "expansion": "鬼方 (Guǐfāng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Wang Guowei (1923) (apud Khayutina, 2016) connects this surname, also written as 媿/愧 (kuí), to the ethnonym 鬼方 (Guǐfāng).",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "先從隗始"
        },
        {
          "word": "先从隗始"
        },
        {
          "word": "請自隗始"
        },
        {
          "word": "请自隗始"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "From: 韋昭 Wei Zhao,《國語注》Commentaries on Discourses of the States, Ch. 16",
          "roman": "Lù, Luò, Quán, Xú, Pú, jiē Chìdí, Kuí xìng yě. [Pinyin]Lu, Luo, Quan, Xu, and Pu were all Red Di, surnamed Kui.",
          "text": "潞、洛、泉、徐、蒲,皆赤狄,隗姓也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a surname"
      ],
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kui²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kʻuei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Куй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷʰɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷʰɐi̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high"
      ],
      "id": "en-隗-ja-character-bvfJsV7N",
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hyōgai",
        "kanji",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Uncommon kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "steep"
      ],
      "id": "en-隗-ja-character-qqhKy5dY",
      "links": [
        [
          "steep",
          "steep"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hyōgai",
        "kanji",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "아",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "tr": "a"
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      "expansion": "隗 • (a)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "eumhun": "",
        "hangeul": "아",
        "mr": "",
        "rv": "",
        "y": ""
      },
      "expansion": "隗 • (a) (hangeul 아)",
      "name": "ko-hanja"
    }
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  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
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          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lofty"
      ],
      "id": "en-隗-ko-character-4-Bo00Ed",
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          "lofty",
          "lofty"
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
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    "Chinese lemmas",
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      },
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  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "high and steep",
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          "text": "杳隗",
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        }
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          "high"
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        [
          "lofty",
          "lofty"
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    {
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      ],
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        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wěi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "woei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngáih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngei⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngwojX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ŋɡuːlʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɐi̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ŋɡuːlʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "先從隗始"
    },
    {
      "word": "先从隗始"
    },
    {
      "word": "請自隗始"
    },
    {
      "word": "请自隗始"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "媿",
        "tr": "kuí"
      },
      "expansion": "媿/愧 (kuí)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "鬼方"
      },
      "expansion": "鬼方 (Guǐfāng)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Wang Guowei (1923) (apud Khayutina, 2016) connects this surname, also written as 媿/愧 (kuí), to the ethnonym 鬼方 (Guǐfāng).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "From: 韋昭 Wei Zhao,《國語注》Commentaries on Discourses of the States, Ch. 16",
          "roman": "Lù, Luò, Quán, Xú, Pú, jiē Chìdí, Kuí xìng yě. [Pinyin]Lu, Luo, Quan, Xu, and Pu were all Red Di, surnamed Kui.",
          "text": "潞、洛、泉、徐、蒲,皆赤狄,隗姓也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "surname"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kui²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄨㄟˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kʻuei²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kwéi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kwei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Куй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "Kuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwàih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kwai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuei⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷʰɐi̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷʰɐi̯²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 隗",
    "Uncommon kanji"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "high"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hyōgai",
        "kanji",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "steep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steep",
          "steep"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hyōgai",
        "kanji",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Korean Han characters",
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "아",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "Han characters",
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        "sort": "아",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "隗 • (a)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "eumhun": "",
        "hangeul": "아",
        "mr": "",
        "rv": "",
        "y": ""
      },
      "expansion": "隗 • (a) (hangeul 아)",
      "name": "ko-hanja"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "high"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lofty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lofty",
          "lofty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}

{
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Han script characters",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "隗 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹山戈 (NLHUI), four-corner 7621₃, composition ⿰阝鬼)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kangxi radical",
          "Kangxi radical"
        ],
        [
          "阝",
          "阝#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "鬼",
          "鬼#Translingual"
        ]
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        "han"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "隗"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  "path": [
    "隗"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "隗",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "隗"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "隗",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "隗"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "隗",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "隗"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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