揆

Translingual

Han character

揆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人大 (QNOK), four-corner 5203₄, composition ⿰扌癸)

1. prime minister
2. to guess, estimate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12326
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1926, character 8
• Unihan data for U+63C6

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Chinese

trad.		揆
simp. #		揆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
睽	*kʰʷiːl
湀	*kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd
聧	*kʰʷiː
藈	*kʰʷiːl
癸	*kʷilʔ
葵	*ɡʷil
鄈	*ɡʷil
楑	*ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ
戣	*ɡʷril
鍨	*ɡʷril
騤	*ɡʷril, *kʷiːd
揆	*ɡʷilʔ
猤	*ɡʷils
闋	*kʰʷiːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ / kwai⁵

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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: kwai⁴ / kwai⁵
    • Yale: kwàih / kwáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ / kwai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴ / kuei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /kʷʰɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwijX

Rime
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求癸切
Baxter	gjwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwiX/
Li Rong	/ɡuiX/
Wang Li	/ɡwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷilʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/
English	measure, estimate (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4652
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揆
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷilʔ/

Definitions

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References

• “揆”, 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

揆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. category
2. plan
3. drumstick

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揆る); はかりごと (hakarigoto, 揆)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 揆 (quẫy)

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