kuíwěi

high

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

hill

鬼 sound component

  Sound component

guǐ

  

ghost

Evolution

隗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
隗 Clerical script Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)

Clerical script

Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)
隗 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
隗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kuí

high; lofty; surname

 

Kuí

surname Kui; Zhou Dynasty vassal state

 

Wěi

surname Wei

 

wěi

eminent