蒯

蒯 U+84AF, 蒯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84AF ← 蒮 [U+84AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒰 → [U+84B0]

Translingual

Han character

蒯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿月中弓 (TBLN) or 難廿月中弓 (XTBLN), four-corner 4220₀, composition ⿰萠刂)

Derived characters

• 𫬉, 𦗿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31601
• Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 352, character 21
• Unihan data for U+84AF

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		蒯
simp. #		蒯
alternative forms		𦳋 𦬿 𦰵 𠣲 𦮍 𦳋 𦬿 𦰵 𠣲 𦮍 𠣯 䓒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǎi (kuai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai³
    • Yale: kwǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koai
    • Palladius: куай (kuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai²
    • Yale: gwáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khweajH

Rime
Character	蒯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦怪切
Baxter	khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛiH/
Wang Li	/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤru[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ khwɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁru[t]-s/
English	a kind of rush
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒯
Reading #	1/1
No.	7504
Phonetic component	蒯
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

蒯

1. a kind of grass
2. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蒯 – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; yuan; dollar; buck; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 塊).

Japanese

Kanji

蒯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. rush, of which various things are made

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke)
• Kun: あぶらがや (aburagaya)

Korean

Hanja

蒯 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒯: Hán Nôm readings: khoái

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