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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 18
Total Strokes: 20
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wēi
Cantonese: ngai4
JapaneseKun: TAKAI
JapaneseOn: GI
Korean: OY
Vietnamese: nguy

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: high, lofty, majestic, eminent

CE-Dict: lofty/towering

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.high; towering

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: lofty; towering

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: lofty; towering

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《嵬部》巍 高也。从嵬委聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【山字部】 巍
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤語韋切。音嵬。【說文】高也。从嵬委聲。【廣韻】高大貌。【論語】巍巍乎唯天爲大,唯堯則之。【傅𤣥樂府】我皇敘羣材,洪烈何崔巍。 又通作魏。【莊子·天下篇】魏然而已。【註】獨立貌。 【集韻】或作嵬。 【說文】牛威切。【徐鉉曰】今人省山,以爲魏國之魏。○按《集韻》巍或作嵬,通作魏。《正韻》七灰,巍嵬魏𠀤收,魏註引《莊子》魏然而已。七隊獨收魏,魏姓魏國不借巍。《吳元滿·總要》附會《說文》魏音胃,以《周禮》象魏之魏,魏姓魏國皆作巍,非。巍字作从委从嵬。

CF-Dict: grand/élevé