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虧

虧

See also: 亏

Translingual

Han character

虧 (radical 141 虍+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜土一一尸 (YGMMS), four-corner 21227, composition ⿰⿸虍隹亏)

References

  • KangXi: page 1075, character 42
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32770
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1544, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2830, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8667

Chinese

trad. 虧
simp. 亏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唬 *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲 *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇 *qʰra
隵 *qʰra
嚱 *qʰras
盧 *b·raː
鑪 *raː
壚 *raː
籚 *raː
蘆 *raː, *ra
顱 *b·raː
髗 *b·raː
鱸 *raː
攎 *raː
櫨 *raː
轤 *raː
黸 *raː
獹 *raː
鸕 *raː
艫 *raː
纑 *raː
瀘 *raː
瓐 *raː
爐 *raː
嚧 *raː
矑 *b·raː
罏 *raː
蠦 *raː
虜 *raːʔ
擄 *raːʔ
艣 *raːʔ
鐪 *raːʔ
虖 *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍 *qʰaː
雐 *qʰʷlaː
虎 *qʰlaːʔ
琥 *qʰlaːʔ
萀 *qʰlaːʔ
臚 *b·ra
廬 *ra
驢 *b·ra
藘 *ra
爈 *ra, *ras
櫖 *ra, *ras
儢 *raʔ
慮 *ras
勴 *ras
鑢 *ras
濾 *ras
攄 *r̥ʰa
處 *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦 *kas, *ɡa
據 *kas
鐻 *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽 *kas, *ɡas
虛 *kʰa, *qʰa
墟 *kʰa
懅 *ɡa
蘧 *ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧 *ɡa
醵 *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩 *ɡa
虡 *ɡaʔ
遽 *ɡas
勮 *ɡas
嘘 *qʰa, *qʰas
驉 *qʰa
歔 *qʰa
魖 *qʰa
膚 *pla
虧 *kʰʷral
噱 *ɡaɡ
臄 *ɡaɡ
劇 *ɡaɡ
諕 *qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 虧
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Harbin /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kʰuei²¹/
Jinan /kʰuei²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰue²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kʰuei²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰuei²¹/
Xining /kʰuɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kʰuei³¹/
Ürümqi /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Kunming /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kʰuəi³¹/
Hefei /kʰue²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuei¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰuei¹³/
Hohhot /kʰuei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰy⁵³/
/kʰue⁵³/
Suzhou /kʰue̞⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰui³³/
Wenzhou /kʰai³³/
Hui Shexian /kʰue³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/
/kʰue¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kʰuei³³/
Xiangtan /kʰuəi³³/
Gan Nanchang /kʰui⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kʰui⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kʰui²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰwɐi⁵³/
Nanning /kʰʷɐi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kʰwɐi⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰui⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰuoi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰy⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰui³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xui²³/
Rime
Character 虧
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 支 (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 去爲切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰjwiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /kʰjue/
Wang
Li		 /kʰǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虧
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjwe ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷʰ(r)aj/
English diminish

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 虧
Reading # 1/1
No. 5278
Phonetic
component		 虍
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 虧
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰʷral/
Notes 說文虍聲，觀聲母圓脣則於亦聲

Definitions

虧

  1. lose, fail
  2. damage
  3. deficient

Japanese

Kanji

虧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

虧 • ‎(hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune-Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

虧 (khuy, khuya, khuây)

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