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危 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓一尸山 (NMSU), four-corner 27212, composition ⿸厃㔾)

simp. and trad. 危
alternative forms 厃𡴲𡵁𡴸

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ----------------- | | 鮠 | *ŋuːl | | 峞 | *ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ | | 頠 | *ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ | | 詭 | *krolʔ | | 垝 | *krolʔ, *krols | | 陒 | *krolʔ | | 觤 | *krolʔ | | 恑 | *krolʔ | | 蛫 | *krolʔ | | 祪 | *krolʔ | | 洈 | *krolʔ, *ŋrol | | 姽 | *krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ | | 桅 | *krolʔ | | 佹 | *krolʔ | | 跪 | *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ | | 危 | *ŋrol | | 峗 | *ŋrol | | 硊 | *ŋrolʔ | | 卼 | *kʰruls |

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 厃 (“person on a cliff or mountain”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”).

Written like 𡴲 during the Warring States period, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“person”) + 山 (“mountain”).

Starostin reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋō̆j (~-ō̆l) (“high, rise”) and compares 危 to Burmese ငွား (ngwa:, “be large, great, be high, to project prominently above and beyond others”), Jingpho [script needed] (ŋoi, “to rise, as a hill”); & possibly Proto-Kiranti *ŋo-.

Schuessler (2007) notes that Chinese and Written Burmese can be reconciled by assuming an ST final *-l; furthermore, 危 (OC *ŋoi) may be a vocalic variant of 巍 (OC *ŋui), which in turn is related to 魏 (OC *ŋuih).

Note:

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 危
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) wēi
MiddleChinese ‹ ngjwe ›
OldChinese /*[ŋ](r)[o]j/
English in danger
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 危
Reading # 1/1
No. 12781
Phoneticcomponent 危
Rimegroup 歌
Rimesubdivision 3
CorrespondingMC rime 危
OldChinese /*ŋrol/

危

  1. dangerous
    危在旦夕 ― wēizàidànxī ― in imminent danger
    居安思危 ― jū'ānsīwēi ― to think of danger in times of safety
  2. (literary) precarious; high
    危峰 ― wēifēng ― towering peak
  3. dying
    病危 ― bìngwēi ― critically ill
    垂危 ― chuíwēi ― to be critically ill
  4. (literary) upright; proper
    正襟危坐 ― zhèngjīnwēizuò ― to sit straight solemnly
  5. to endanger; to put in danger
    危及 ― wēijí ― to endanger
  6. to fear; to be uneasy
    人人自危 ― rénrénzìwēi ― everyone feels insecure
  7. (literary) roof
  8. (～宿) (astronomy) the Roof, a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Pegasus
  9. (Internet slang, ACG) Danger! (Used usually alone by one to warn or tell other participants or viewers of a video, video game, etc. that one or several persons or things are in danger and dying for help. Originated from a video game.)
  10. a surname

For pronunciation and definitions of 危 – see 懸 (“(Teochew) high; tall”).
(This character is a variant form of 懸).

Shinjitai 危
Kyūjitai[1][2] 危󠄁危+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1)
危󠄄危+󠄄?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho)
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危

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. danger
  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 372 (paper), page 236 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 261 (paper), page 142 (digital)

危 (eumhun 위태할 위 (witaehal wi))

  1. dangerous, precarious
  2. high

危: Hán Nôm readings: nguy, ngoay, ngoe, nguầy, ngùy/nguỳ

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