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癸
癸
Translingual
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Han character
癸 (radical 105 癶+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人一大 (NOMK), four-corner 12430, composition ⿱癶天)
- the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 783, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22660
- Dae Jaweon: page 1193, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2760, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7678
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
癸 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (癸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 睽 | *kʰʷiːl |
| 湀 | *kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd |
| 聧 | *kʰʷiː |
| 藈 | *kʰʷiːl |
| 癸 | *kʷilʔ |
| 葵 | *ɡʷil |
| 鄈 | *ɡʷil |
| 楑 | *ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 戣 | *ɡʷril |
| 鍨 | *ɡʷril |
| 騤 | *ɡʷril, *kʷiːd |
| 揆 | *ɡʷilʔ |
| 猤 | *ɡʷils |
| 闋 | *kʰʷiːd |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Wade-Giles: kuei3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
- IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gwai3
- Yale: gwai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai3
- IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi
- Tâi-lô: kuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 癸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居誄切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kiuɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kjuɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwiX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kuiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kwiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kwiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 癸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjwijX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷijʔ/ |
| English | 10th heavenly stem |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 癸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4644 |
| Phonetic component |
癸 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
癸 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷilʔ/ |
| Notes | 戴侗雲戣初文；甲文象二工（金文或變二木）相交以度圜，本規初文 |
Definitions
癸
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References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #5236”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
癸
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
癸 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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