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夔
夔
Translingual
Han character
夔 (radical 35 夊+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱丷夒)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
- Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 872, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5914
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
夔 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 夔
| |
|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (夔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 夔 | *ɡrul |
| 犪 | *ɡrul, *njiwʔ |
| 躨 | *ɡrul |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: k'uei2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kwai4
- Yale: kwàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai4
- IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 渠追切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡˠiuɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡʷᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiuɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/gjwi/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡjui/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡwi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/gwi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kuí |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7515 |
| Phonetic component |
夔 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
逵 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡrul/ |
| Notes | 集韻改渠龜切 |
Definitions
夔
- the Kui
Usage notes
Does not mean "walrus". See the "Word" section of the English Wikipedia page for the Kui.
Japanese
Kanji
夔
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
夔 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)
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Vietnamese
Han character
夔 (quỳ)
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