規

See also: 槻 and 规

Translingual

Han character

規 (radical 147 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山山 (QOBUU), four-corner 5601₀, composition ⿰夫見)

1. rules, regulations, customs, law

References

• KangXi: page 1133, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34810
• Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3664, character 17
• Unihan data for U+898F

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Chinese

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trad.		規
simp.		规

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Wade-Giles: kuei¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (規, reconstructed)
Character (規), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 居隋切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kiuᴇ/	/kwie̯/	/kiue/	/kʷiɛ/	/kwiə̆/	/kǐwe/	/kjuɛ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (規, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
規								guī								‹ kjwie ›								/*kʷe/								compass, circle
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
規					4604					規					歌					3					𩓸					/*kʷel/					小徐見聲，與圜同源；古亦同窺，夫或癸省文

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

規

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: ぶんまわし (bunmawashi), のり (nori), ただす (tadasu)

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Korean

Hanja

規 (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

規 (quy, qui)

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