奎

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		奎

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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹ / kwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khe

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khe
    • Tâi-lô: khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe⁴⁴/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 奎

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

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Japanese

Kanji

奎

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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”)

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Korean

Hanja

奎 (eumhun 별 규 (byeol gyu))

• star

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奎 (khuê)

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