隈

隈 U+9688, 隈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9688 ← 隇 [U+9687] CJK Unified Ideographs 隉 → [U+9689]

Translingual

Han character

隈 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+9, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 弓中田一女 (NLWMV), four-corner 7623₂, composition ⿰阝畏)

Derived characters

• 𣽻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1357, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1861, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4146, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9688

Chinese

simp. and trad.		隈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēi (wei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wei
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹
    • Yale: wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui¹
    • Yale: wūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'woj, 'wojH

Rime
Character	隈	隈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	烏恢切	烏繢切
Baxter	'woj	'wojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuʌi/	/ʔuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuoi/	/ʔuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɒi/	/ʔuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwəj/	/ʔwəjH/
Li Rong	/ʔuᴀi/	/ʔuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/uɒi/	/uɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuɑ̆i/	/ʔuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēi	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui1	wui3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]ˤuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*quːl/, /*quːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隈
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēi
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ʔ]ˁuj/
English	bend, nook (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	隈	隈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12924	12935
Phonetic component	畏	畏
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	隈	𩲄
Old Chinese	/*quːl/	/*quːls/

Definitions

隈

1. (literary) river bend

   • 田者不侵畔，漁者不爭隈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     田者不侵畔，渔者不争隈。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Tián zhě bù qīn pàn, yú zhě bù zhēng wēi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (literary) mountain recess

   • 平原之隰，奚有於高？大山之隈，奚有於深？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     平原之隰，奚有于高？大山之隈，奚有于深？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guanzi, 5^th century BCE to 220 CE

     Píngyuán zhī xí, xī yǒu yú gāo? Dàshān zhī wēi, xī yǒu yú shēn? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 指嶓冢之西隈兮，與纁黃以為期。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     指嶓冢之西隈兮，与𫄸黄以为期。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Zhǐ Bōzhǒng zhī xī wēi xī, yǔ xūnhuáng yǐ wèi qī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (literary) corner

Compounds

• 隈隩

Japanese

Kanji

隈

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. recess
2. corner
3. shade

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: わい (wai)
• Kun: くま (kuma, 隈)、すみ (sumi, 隈)、よる (yoru)

References

• “^▲隈”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

隈 (eumhun 굽이 외 (gubi oe))

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