奎

Translingual

Han character

奎 (radical 37 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大土土 (KGG), four-corner 4010₄, composition ⿱大圭)

1. the stride of a person
2. Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions

References

• KangXi: page 251, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5911
• Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 538, character 1
• Unihan data for U+594E

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		奎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹
    • Yale: fūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe
    • Tâi-lô: khe
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (奎, reconstructed)
Character (奎), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦圭切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰwei/	/kʰiwei/	/kʰuei/	/kʰʷei/	/kʰwɛj/	/kʰiwei/	/kʰuɛi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (奎, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
奎					4582					圭					支					0					睽					/*kʰʷeː/

Compounds

• 奎宁

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Japanese

Kanji

奎

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: けい (kei), き (ki)
• Kun: また (mata)

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Korean

Hanja

奎 (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

奎 (khuê)

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