奎

奎 U+594E, 奎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-594E ← 奍 [U+594D] CJK Unified Ideographs 奏 → [U+594F]

Translingual

Han character

奎 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 大土土 (KGG), four-corner 4010₄, composition ⿱大圭)

Derived characters

• 喹, 㛻, 㨒, 楏, 煃, 睳, 蝰, 䠑, 鍷(𲈌), 㥣

Additional Derived Characters

• 𮰀, 𪶙, 𭦭, 𤧊, 𪑭, 𠝥, 𡙔, 𭲹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5911
• Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 538, character 1
• Unihan data for U+594E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奎
alternative forms		㚝 䖯 𡌤 𠈘 𭑝

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷeː): semantic 大 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ / kwai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khuì

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kui²

• Jin (Wiktionary): kui¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ge¹ / gui¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kui / khe / khui / ke

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khue / ¹khuei / ¹khuai / ¹kuai / ¹khuae / ³khuei
  • (Jinhua): ¹khuae
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kuei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²
    • Yale: kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fui¹ / kwai¹
    • Yale: fūi / kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹ / kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹ / kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Note: kwai1 - variant.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khuì
    • Hakka Romanization System: kui^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kui²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kui²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kui¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰuei¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Donghai)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ge¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
    • Tâi-lô: kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe
    • Tâi-lô: khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qef
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui
    • Tâi-lô: khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quy
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke
    • Tâi-lô: ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kef
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ¹khue
    • MiniDict: khue^平
    • MiniDict: khuie^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰue⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /kʰuɪ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kʰue⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /kʰue⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kʰue⁵²/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Hangzhou, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹khuei
    • MiniDict: khuei^平
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kʰuei⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kʰui³³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /kʰuai⁵³/
  • (Northern: Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹khuai
    • MiniDict: khuai^平
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /kʰuai⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuai
    • MiniDict: kuai^平
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /kuai⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Fuyang)
    • Wugniu: ¹khuae
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /kʰuɛ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ³khuei
    • MiniDict: khuei^上
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kʰuɐɪ³²⁵/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ¹khuae
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kʰuɛ³³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯e̞i̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwej

Rime
Character	奎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦圭切
Baxter	khwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰuei/
Wang Li	/kʰiwei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奎
Reading #	1/1
No.	4582
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	睽
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷeː/

Definitions

奎

1. the stride of a person
2. Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions

Compounds

• 奎依巴格 (Kuíyībāgé)
• 奎光
• 奎寧 / 奎宁 (kuíníng)
• 奎屯 (Kuítún)
• 奎星高照
• 奎蹄
• 奎霞 (Kuíxiá)
• 奎章
• 拉斯奎 (Lāsīkuí)
• 木奎拉 (Mùkuílā)
• 瀛奎律髓

Japanese

Kanji

奎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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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)}
• On: き (ki)
• Kun: また (mata, 奎)

Compounds

• 奎宿(とかきぼし) (tokakiboshi, “Legs Mansion”)

Korean

Hanja

奎 (eumhun 별 규 (byeol gyu))

• star

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Vietnamese

Han character

奎: Hán Nôm readings: khuê

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