回鶻

See also: 回鹘

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (回鶻)		回	鶻
simp. (回鹘)		回	鹘

Etymology

From either Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 (wyqwr) or Old Turkic 𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺 (uy¹ǧr¹), Doublet of 維吾爾／维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Huíhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ wat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Huíhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Huéihú
    • Wade–Giles: Hui²-hu²
    • Yale: Hwéi-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hweihwu
    • Palladius: Хуэйху (Xuejxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ wat⁶
    • Yale: wùih waht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ wat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ wed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ wɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj kwot|hwot|hweat

Rime
Character	回	鶻	鶻	鶻
Reading #	1/1	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	沒 (56)	沒 (56)	鎋 (76)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I	II
Fanqie	戸恢切	古忽切	戸骨切	戸八切
Baxter	hwoj	kwot	hwot	hweat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/	/kuət̚/	/ɦuət̚/	/ɦˠuɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/	/kuot̚/	/ɦuot̚/	/ɦʷᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/	/ɣuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/	/kwət̚/	/ɦwət̚/	/ɦwəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/	/ɣuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/	/ɣwæt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/	/kuət̚/	/ɣuət̚/	/ɣwat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí	gu	hú	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4	gwat1	wat6	waat6

Proper noun

回鶻

1. (archaic, Tang dynasty) Uighur

Derived terms

• 回鶻文 / 回鹘文 (huíhúwén)

See also

• 回紇／回纥 (Huíhé)
• 維吾爾／维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	鶻
かい Grade: 2	こつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 回紇

Proper noun

回(かい)鶻(こつ) • (Kaikotsu) 

1. (archaic) Uyghur; Uighur

Synonyms

• ウイグル (Uiguru)

References

• “〈回^▲鶻〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
回	鶻

Proper noun

回鶻 • (Hồi Cốt)

1. chữ Hán form of Hồi Cốt