夔
Translingual
Han character
夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱丷夒)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
- Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5914
Chinese
trad. | 夔 | |
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simp. # | 夔 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 夔 | |
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Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
- Wade–Giles: kʻuei2
- Yale: kwéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
- Palladius: куй (kuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwai4
- Yale: kwàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai4
- Guangdong Romanization: kuei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: gwij
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/
Definitions
- the Kui
Usage notes
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
夔
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
夔 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)
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Vietnamese
Han character
夔 (quỳ)
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