氿

氿 U+6C3F, 氿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C3F ← 氾 [U+6C3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 汀 → [U+6C40]

Translingual

Han character

氿 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水大弓 (EKN) or 難水大弓 (XEKN), four-corner 3411₇, composition ⿰氵九)

Derived characters

• 染

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17102
• Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1549, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C3F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		氿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 氿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹	*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷrɯwʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Yale: gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwijX

Rime
Character	氿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居洧切
Baxter	kwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiX/
Li Rong	/kjuiX/
Wang Li	/kwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	氿
Reading #	1/1
No.	6961
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	軌
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯwʔ/

Definitions

氿

1. ^† dry earth at the shore
2. ^† (springwater) spurted from the side of a mountain
3. ^† small fountain

Compounds

• 氿泉 (guǐquán)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³
    • Yale: jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

氿

1. Used in the names of lakes in Yixing, Jiangsu, China.

Compounds

• 三氿
• 團氿／团氿
• 東氿／东氿
• 西氿

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

氿

1. ^† shore

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 氿 – see 酒 (“alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink; banquet; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 酒).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

氿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. spring

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); きゅう (kyū); ぐ (gu)
• Kun: おずみ (ozumi); わきみず (wakimizu)

Korean

Hanja

氿 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

1. spring

Zhuang

Noun

氿

1. Sawndip form of laeuj