危

危 U+5371, 危 ← 印[U+5370] CJK Unified Ideographs 卲 →[U+5372] Stroke order

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

• 佹, 𠱓, 垝, 姽, 尯, 峗, 𢂕, 恑, 㧪, 洈, 陒, 㫉, 𣆡, 脆, 桅, 𤙙, 𤥕, 祪, 硊, 䍯, 蛫, 觤, 詭(诡), 跪, 䤥, 鮠(𬶏), 𣢪, 䣀, 㩻, 頠(𬱟), 𡧭, 峞, 𢈌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2849
• Dae Jaweon: page 364, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 312, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5371

simp. and trad. 危 alternative forms 厃𡴲𡵁𡴸

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-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the Burmese term doesn’t seem to exist in the sealang MED dict”)

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).

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).

• “危”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. danger

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)←ぎ (gi, historical)←ぐゐ (gwi, ancient)
• Kan-on: ぎ (gi)←ぎ (gi, historical)←ぐゐ (gwi, ancient)
• Kan’yō-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: あぶない (abunai, 危ない, Jōyō)、あやうい (ayaui, 危うい, Jōyō)←あやふし (ayafusi, 危ふし, historical)、あやぶむ (ayabumu, 危ぶむ, Jōyō)、あやめる (ayameru, 危める)、けわしい (kewashii, 危しい)←けはし (kefasi, 危し, historical)

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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