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軌
軌
See also: 轨
Translingual
Han character
軌 (radical 159 車+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十十大弓 (JJKN), four-corner 54017, composition ⿰車九)
References
- KangXi: page 1239, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38176
- Dae Jaweon: page 1713, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3512, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8ECC
Chinese
| trad. | 軌 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 轨 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 軌
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 尻 | *kʰuː |
| 訄 | *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu |
| 艽 | *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 虓 | *qʰruː |
| 鳩 | *ku |
| 勼 | *ku |
| 九 | *kuʔ |
| 究 | *kus |
| 仇 | *ɡu |
| 鼽 | *ɡu |
| 犰 | *ɡu |
| 叴 | *ɡu |
| 厹 | *ɡu |
| 頄 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 朹 | *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 馗 | *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw |
| 扏 | *ɡu |
| 訅 | *ɡu |
| 釚 | *ɡu |
| 肍 | *ɡu |
| 軌 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 宄 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 氿 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 匭 | *kʷrɯwʔ |
| 泦 | *kuɡ |
| 旭 | *qʰʷoɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷrɯwʔ) : semantic 車 + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).
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: gwai2
- Yale: gwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai2
- IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
- Tâi-lô: khuí
- Phofsit Daibuun: quie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰui⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: kue (T2)
- IPA (key): /kɯᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 居洧切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠiuɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʷᵚiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiuɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kjwiX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kjuiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kwiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kwiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kwijX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷruʔ/ |
| English | wheel ruts |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 軌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6958 |
| Phonetic component |
九 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
軌 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kʷrɯwʔ/ |
Definitions
軌
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
軌
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
軌 • (gwe)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 궤()
- Name (hangeul): 길()
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Vietnamese
Han character
軌 (quỹ, quẫy, quĩ)
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