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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Unusual etymology – originally a cross potent (cross with cross-bars on its arms), it was re-analyzed as  +  in (large) seal script.

Han character [edit]

(radical 105 +4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人一大 (NOMK), four-corner 12430, composition)

  1. the tenth of the ten heavenly stems

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 783, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22660
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1193, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2760, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7678

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale gwai3)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin guǐ (gui3), Wade-Giles kuei3)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(quý, quấy, quậy)