夔

夔 U+5914, 夔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914 ← 夓 [U+5913] CJK Unified Ideographs 夕 → [U+5915]

Translingual

Han character

夔 (radical 35, 夊+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱丷夒)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
• Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 872, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5914

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		夔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夔
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (夔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
夔	*ɡrul
犪	*ɡrul, *njiwʔ
躨	*ɡrul

Etymology

From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”) . Schuessler also considered Late Han 犩 (ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	夔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	渠追切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi/
Li Rong	/ɡjui/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夔
Reading #	1/1
No.	7515
Phonetic component	夔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逵
Old Chinese	/*ɡrul/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

Definitions

夔

1. the Kui

Usage notes

• Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Wikipedia.

Compounds

• 一夔已足
• 夔夔 (kuíkuí)
• 夔峽／夔峡

• 夔牛
• 夔紋／夔纹 (kuíwén)
• 夔門／夔门 (Kuímén)

• 夔龍／夔龙 (kuílóng)
• 夔龍禮樂／夔龙礼乐
• 蟠夔紋／蟠夔纹

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Japanese

Kanji

夔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), ぎ (gi)

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Korean

Hanja

夔 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夔 (quỳ)

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