隗

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1)  high; lofty
 * 2)  to collapse; to fall
 * 1)  to collapse; to fall

Etymology 2
Wang Guowei (1923) (apud Khayutina, 2016) connects this surname, also written as, to the ethnonym.

Kanji

 * 1) high
 * 2) steep

Hanja

 * 1) high
 * 2) lofty