傀儡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
傀	儡

Etymology 1

Perhaps cognate with kugutsu (“hand bag”). Wondering artisans would put their puppets in hand bags while traveling.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [kugutsu]

Noun

傀儡 (hiragana くぐつ, romaji kugutsu)

1. a puppet
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 39-40)

     機関 木人 久々都

2. a female artisan who wandered from place to place, entertaining and performing with a puppet.
3. a prostitute.

Etymology 2

kwairai > kairai.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [kairai]

Noun

傀儡 (hiragana かいらい, romaji kairai, historical hiragana くゎいらい)

1. A puppet
2. A person who is used to use or controlled as pleased like a puppet by a 'puppetmaster'.

See also

• 傀儡 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Puppet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Puppet

References

• Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.

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Korean

Hanja in this word
傀	儡

Noun

傀儡 (goeroe)

1. Hanja form^? of 괴뢰, “puppet”.

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
傀儡

Etymology

From 傀 ("(塊) chunk, lump") + 儡 ("(壘) to pile up, to accumulate"). Semantically, "statues made of soil and timber" (Liezi) > "puppet" > "(figurative) puppet" (Qing Dynasty); also "sulks, pent-up sorrow" (Qing Dynasty).

Pronunciation

• (Beijing) IPA: /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ leɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

傀儡 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kuǐlěi, guīlěi)

1. (kuǐlěi)
   1. puppet
   2. (figuratively) puppet, someone who is manipulated by another
2. (guīlěi)
   1. sulks, pent-up sorrow

See also

• 傀儡 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• Puppet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Puppet

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
傀	儡

Noun

傀儡

1. Hán form of quỷ lỗi, "puppet"