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奎
奎
Translingual
Han character
奎 (radical 37 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大土土 (KGG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿱大圭)
References
- KangXi: page 251, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5911
- Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 538, character 1
- Unihan data for U+594E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
奎 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
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: fui1
- Yale: fūi
- Cantonese Pinyin: fui1
- IPA (key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe
- Tâi-lô: khe
- Phofsit Daibuun: qef
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 苦圭切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰwei/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰʷei/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰuɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰwɛj/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰuei/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰiwei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰiwei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
kuī |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 奎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4582 |
| Phonetic component |
圭 |
| Rime group |
支 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
睽 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʰʷeː/ |
Definitions
奎
- the stride of a person
- Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
奎
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
奎 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
奎 (khuê)
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