旝

旝 U+65DD, 旝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65DD ← 旜 [U+65DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 旞 → [U+65DE]

Translingual

Han character

旝 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人人日 (YSOOA), four-corner 0826₆, composition ⿸𭤨會)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 485, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13706
• Dae Jaweon: page 847, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2185, character 7
• Unihan data for U+65DD

Chinese

trad.		旝
simp.		𰕭

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *koːbs) : semantic 㫃 + phonetic 會 (OC *koːbs, *ɡoːbs)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui², kui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • Palladius: куай (kuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui², kui³
    • Yale: kúi, kui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui², kui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui², kui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/, /kʰuːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH

Rime
Character	旝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古外切
Baxter	kwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	旝
Reading #	1/1
No.	5500
Phonetic component	會
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/

Definitions

旝

1. (historical) a kind of flag used to signal commands in ancient China
2. (historical) a kind of stone-shooting vehicle used in war in ancient China