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規
規
Translingual
Han character
規 (radical 147 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山山 (QOBUU), four-corner 56010, composition ⿰夫見)
References
- KangXi: page 1133, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34810
- Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3664, character 17
- Unihan data for U+898F
Chinese
| trad. | 規 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 规 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (規) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嫢 | *ɡeːnʔ, *skʷe1, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 規 | *kʷel |
| 槻 | *kʷel |
| 鬹 | *kʷel |
| 摫 | *kʷel |
| 瞡 | *kʷels, *kʷils |
| 窺 | *kʰʷel |
| 闚 | *kʰʷel |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 夫 (“man”) + 見 (“see”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi
- Min Dong (BUC): giĕ
- Min Nan (POJ): kui
- Wu (Wiktionary): kue (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
- Wade-Giles: kuei1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
- IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kwai1
- Yale: kwāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai1
- IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi
- Hakka Romanization System: gui´
- Hagfa Pinyim: gui1
- IPA: /ku̯i²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
- IPA (key): /kie⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
- Tâi-lô: kui
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
- IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: kue (T1)
- IPA (key): /kɯᴇ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居隋切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kjuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiue/ |
| Wang Li |
/kǐwe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guī |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjwie › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷe/ |
| English | compass, circle |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4604 |
| Phonetic component |
規 |
| Rime group |
歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
𩓸 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷel/ |
| Notes | 小徐見聲，與圜同源；古亦同窺，夫或癸省文 |
Definitions
規
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
規
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Readings
- Goon: き (ki)
- Kan’on: き (ki)
- Kun: ぶんまわし (bunmawashi), ただす (tadasu)
- Nanori: すのり (sunori), のり (nori), ただし (tadashi)
Korean
Hanja
規 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
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