圭

See also: 丰

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 佳 烓 桂 硅 袿 蛙 鞋 眭 封 街 厓

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		圭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 圭
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui
• Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke / kui

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / kui
    • Tâi-lô: ke / kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kef, kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/, /kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwej

Rime
Character	圭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古攜切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	圭
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	圭
Reading #	1/1
No.	4569
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	圭
Old Chinese	/*kʷeː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 圭

1. jade pointed at top
2. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court

   See also: 珪

3. gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
4. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

圭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: たま (tama, 圭)
• Nanori: かど (kado); きよ (kiyo); きよし (kiyoshi); よし (yoshi)

Proper noun

圭(けい) • (Kei) 

1. a unisex given name

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Korean

Hanja

圭 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

1. jade pointed at top

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 圭 (quê, khoai, khuê, que)

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