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U+5914, 夔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914

[U+5913]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5915]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 35, +18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 44407, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
  • Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5914

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𡖂
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

Etymology

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From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (water buffalo), Sui kui² (water buffalo). Schuessler also considered (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjwi/
Li
Rong
/ɡjui/
Wang
Li
/ɡwi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kwai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7515
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡrul/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
  2. Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
  3. a surname

Usage notes

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (ki) (gi)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gi))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: quỳ[1][2][3]

  1. chữ Hán form of Quỳ (the Kui, a surname).

References

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