隗
隗 — oe
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 높을 외, 성씨 외
- Romanization
- oe
- English
- high; lofty; surname
- Mandarin
- wěi
- Japanese on'yomi
- カイ, ゲ, ガイ, キ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- けわ.しい
- Japanese usage
- Not on either list
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 阜 (170, 10 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9697
Parts that make up 隗
How 隗 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 隗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 鬼.
Japanese words with 隗
- 隗より始めよかいよりはじめよ start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
- 先ず隗より始めよまずかいよりはじめよ start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps; he who first suggests it should be the first to do it
Other hanja read “외”
Other hanja with radical 阜
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