傀

傀 U+5080, 傀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5080 ← 偿 [U+507F] CJK Unified Ideographs 傁 → [U+5081]

Translingual

Han character

傀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人竹山戈 (OHUI), four-corner 2621₃, composition ⿰亻鬼)

Derived characters

• 𧝛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 928
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 192, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5080

Chinese

trad.		傀
simp. #		傀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 傀
Small seal script s05689 Transcribed ancient scripts L31031 L31032 L04049 L04050 L04051 L04053
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謉	*tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	*kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	*ɡuːls, *krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	*krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	*ŋul, *ŋuls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) : semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khúi / ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei³
    • Yale: kwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³
    • Yale: faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
    • Tâi-lô: khuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/

Note: ka - 嘉 is used in the Mainland.

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• Middle Chinese: khwojX

Rime
Character	傀
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	口猥切
Baxter	khwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəjX/
Li Rong	/kʰuᴀiX/
Wang Li	/kʰuɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傀
Reading #	2/2
No.	4664
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	䫥
Old Chinese	/*kʰuːlʔ/

Definitions

傀

1. Only used in 傀儡 (kuǐlěi, “puppet”).

Compounds

• 傀儡
• 傀儡家庭
• 傀儡戲／傀儡戏 (kuǐlěixì)
• 傀儡政權／傀儡政权 (kuǐlěi zhèngquán)
• 懸絲傀儡／悬丝傀儡
• 文樂傀儡／文乐傀儡
• 線抽傀儡／线抽傀儡
• 肉傀儡
• 藥發傀儡／药发傀儡
• 跳傀儡

 

Etymology 2

傀 (OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" (Zhouli) > 瑰 (OC *kuːl, *ɡuːl) "rare, marvelous" > a kind precious stone" (Shijing).

傀 (OC *kûi) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as 怪 (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh); they may be merely variants (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Yale: gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwoj

Rime
Character	傀
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公回切
Baxter	kwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəj/
Li Rong	/kuᴀi/
Wang Li	/kuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	傀
Reading #	1/2
No.	4661
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	傀
Old Chinese	/*kuːl/

Definitions

傀

1. odd; peculiar; extraordinary
2. great

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation guī.

Compounds

• 傀偉／傀伟
• 傀儡 (guīlěi)
• 傀奇
• 傀然

 

References

• “傀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

傀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. large

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: おおきい (ookii, 傀い)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC khwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 괴〯 (kwǒy) (Yale: kwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwe̞(ː)] ~ [kø̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [궤(ː)/괴(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource

傀 (eumhun 꼭두각시/허수아비 괴 (kkokdugaksi/heosuabi goe))

1. Hanja form^? of 괴 (“puppet”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 괴뢰 (傀儡, goeroe, “puppet”)
• 괴뢰군 (傀儡軍, goeroegun, “puppet army”)
• 북괴 (北傀, bukgoe)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC kwoj).

Hanja

傀 (eumhun 클 괴 (keul goe))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 괴 (“large”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 괴연 (傀然, goeyeon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

傀: Hán Nôm readings: khôi, khổi, ngội, ổi

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