碨

碨 · wèi

millstone

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
wèi
Cantonese
wai3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

millstone

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42443.050:wěi,wèi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1200.030:wèi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
384.130:wèi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
wèi粵wai3 wěi粵wui2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ワイ イ エ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
외:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
乙皆 烏賄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRWMV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1663.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0833.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
095.30 272.01 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+78A8
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7662

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'weaj · 乙皆 · 蟹合二平皆影 · #353
Middle Chinese
'wojX · 烏賄 · 蟹合一上灰影 · #1429

PHONO-ML, source line 3157; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
970.301
kDaeJaweon
1250.010
kHanYu
42443.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1250.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42443.050
kIRGKangXi
0833.110
kKangXi
0833.110
kMorohashi
24336
kSBGY
095.30 272.01
kSMSZD2003Index
473.17
kCangjie
MRWMV
kFourCornerCode
1663.2
kMojiJoho
MJ018584
kPhonetic
1428*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-5843
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E2EF
kIRG_JSource
J1-4F78
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-606B
kIRG_KSource
K1-686C
kIRG_TSource
T2-4C37
kRSUnicode
112.9
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
E2EF
kCCCII
226544
kCNS1986
2-4C37
kCNS1992
2-4C37
kEACC
226544
kGB3
5635
kJis1
4788
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7662
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22084+112.5.9
kCantonese
wai3
kDefinition
millstone
kFanqie
乙皆 烏賄
kHangul
외:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42443.050:wěi,wèi
kJapanese
ワイ イ エ
kJapaneseOn
WAI E I
kKorean
OY
kMandarin
wèi
kSMSZD2003Readings
wèi粵wai3 wěi粵wui2
kTGHZ2013
384.130:wèi
kXHC1983
1200.030:wèi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
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Shape description
石 beside 畏 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰石畏$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石畏$(GHTJKP)

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