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See also:
U+572D, 圭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-572D

[U+572C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+572E]

Translingual

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Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 32, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土土 (GG), four-corner 40104, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4887
  • Dae Jaweon: page 456, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 418, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+572D

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Pictogram (象形) : + – stack of (clay, jade) tablets. Duplication of .

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwei/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛj/
Li
Rong
/kuei/
Wang
Li
/kiwei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guī
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwej ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷˁe/
English jade scepter

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4569
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeː/

Definitions

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  1. jade pointed at top
  2. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
    See also:
  3. (historical) gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
  4. a surname

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. square jewel
  2. corner
  3. angle
  4. edge

Readings

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Compounds

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Proper noun

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(けい) (Kei

  1. a unisex given name

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gyu))

  1. jade pointed at top

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: quê, khoai, khuê, que

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