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Translingual [edit]

shinjitai

simplified

traditional

Alternative forms [edit]

Note that Chinese uses (), while Japanese uses ().

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (hand) + phonetic  – to grab with the hand and abduct.

Japanese form replaces 另 with 叧, yielding: Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (hand) + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 64 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手口大尸 (QRKS), 手口尸竹 (QRSH), four-corner 56027)

  1. kidnap, abduct
  2. turn

Related characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 425, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11955
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1853, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+62D0

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale gwaai2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised goe, McCune-Reischauer koe, Yale koy)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin guǎi (guai3), Wade-Giles kuai3)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(quải, quái, quảy, quẩy, quay, quày, quầy)