巋

See also: 岿

Translingual

Han character

巋 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 山竹一月 (UHMB), four-corner 2212₇, composition ⿱山歸)

Derived characters

• 𡿢 (also its variant form)

Related characters

• 岿 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 322, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8622
• Dae Jaweon: page 622, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 807, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5DCB

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Chinese

trad.		巋
simp.		岿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蘬	*kʰlul, *kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ
磓	*tuːl
塠	*tuːl
頧	*tuːl, *tuːlʔ
鴭	*tuːl
鎚	*tuːl, *dul, *duls
搥	*tuːl
縋	*dols
膇	*dols
槌	*dols, *dul
追	*tul
桘	*dul
巋	*kʰrul, *kʰrulʔ
歸	*klul

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹ / kwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹
    • Yale: kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai¹ / kwai²
    • Yale: kwāi / kwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹ / kwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹ / kuei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khui
    • Tâi-lô: khui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khwij, khwijX

Rime
Character	巋	巋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	丘追切	丘軌切
Baxter	khwij	khwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪ/	/kʰˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚi/	/kʰʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɪ/	/kʰiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwi/	/kʰjwiX/
Li Rong	/kʰjui/	/kʰjuiX/
Wang Li	/kʰwi/	/kʰwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwi/	/kʰwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī	kuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	fai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrul/, /*kʰrulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巋	巋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17744	17746
Phonetic component	追	追
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	巋	巋
Old Chinese	/*kʰrul/	/*kʰrulʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 巋

1. (literary) towering; lofty

References

• “巋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

巋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: つらなる (tsuranaru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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