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夬
夬
Translingual
Han character
夬 (radical 37 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 木大 (DK), four-corner 50037)
References
- KangXi: page 249, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5836
- Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 51, character 11
- Unihan data for U+592C
Derived characters
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
夬 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 夬
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (夬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 袂 | *mɡʷeds |
| 夬 | *kʷraːds |
| 快 | *kʰʷraːds |
| 駃 | *kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd |
| 筷 | *kʰʷraːds |
| 炔 | *kʷeːds |
| 觖 | *kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd |
| 缺 | *kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd |
| 蒛 | *kʰʷed |
| 吷 | *qʰʷed |
| 妜 | *qʷed, *qʷeːd |
| 決 | *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd |
| 訣 | *kʷeːd |
| 抉 | *kʷeːd, *qʷeːd |
| 玦 | *kʷeːd |
| 芵 | *kʷeːd |
| 赽 | *kʷeːd |
| 鴂 | *kʷeːd |
| 鈌 | *kʷeːd |
| 决 | *kʷeːd |
| 疦 | *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd |
| 蚗 | *kʷeːd |
| 趹 | *kʷeːd |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: kuai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
- IPA (key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gwaai2, gwaai3
- Yale: gwáai, gwaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai2, gwaai3
- IPA (key): /kʷɑːi̯³⁵/, /kʷɑːi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái / koat
- Tâi-lô: kuái / kuat
- Phofsit Daibuun: koae, koad
- IPA (Xiamen): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴/, /kuat̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴¹/, /kuat̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 夬 (30) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古賣切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠuaiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷᵚaiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kuaiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwaɨjsH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuaiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kwæiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kwaiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guài |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guài |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kwæjH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[k]ʷˤret-s/ |
| English | divide, make a breach |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 夬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4406 |
| Phonetic component |
夬 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
卦 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷraːds/ |
| Notes | 本抉指初文 |
Japanese
Kanji
夬
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
夬 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune-Reischauer k'wae)
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Vietnamese
Han character
夬 (quái)
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