珪

Translingual

Han character

珪 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土土土 (MGGG), four-corner 1411₄, composition ⿰𤣩圭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20972
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 11
• Unihan data for U+73EA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		珪

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 *kʷeː) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui
• Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke / kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Yale: gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / kui
    • Tâi-lô: ke / kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kef, kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/, /kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kwej

Rime
Character	珪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古攜切
Baxter	kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛj/
Li Rong	/kuei/
Wang Li	/kiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	珪
Reading #	1/1
No.	4570
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	圭
Old Chinese	/*kʷeː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 珪

1. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court

   See also: 圭

2. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (珪):

• → Japanese: 珪(けい) (kei); 珪(かい) (kai)
• → Korean: 규(珪) (gyu)

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Japanese

Kanji

珪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: たま (tama, 珪)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
珪
けい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

/kʷei/ → /kei/

From Middle Chinese 珪 (MC kwej).

Affix

珪(けい) • (kei) 

1. (historical) jade tablet conferred upon princes as a symbol of authority

Compounds

Derived terms

• 珪(けい)璋(しょう) (keishō)
• 珪(けい)璧(へき) (keiheki)
• 玄(げん)珪(けい) (genkei)
• 白(はっ)珪(けい) (hakkei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
珪
けい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Dutch keiaarde. Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1837 in his book 舎密開宗 (Seimi Kaisō, “Introduction to Chemistry”).

Affix

珪(けい) • (kei) 

1. silicon

Compounds

Derived terms

• 珪(けい)化(か) (keika)
• 珪(けい)華(か) (keika)
• 珪(けい)岩(がん) (keigan)
• 珪(けい)鉱(こう) (keikō)
• 珪(けい)砂(さ) (keisa)
• 珪(けい)酸(さん) (keisan)
• 珪(けい)質(しつ) (keishitsu)
• 珪(けい)砂(しゃ) (keisha)
• 珪(けい)石(せき) (keiseki)
• 珪(けい)素(そ) (keiso)
• 珪(けい)藻(そう) (keisō)
  • 珪(けい)藻(そう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (keisō shokubutsu)
  • 珪(けい)藻(そう)類(るい) (keisōrui)
• 珪(けい)土(ど) (keido)
• 珪(けい)銅(どう)線(せん) (keidōsen)
• 珪(けい)肺(はい) (keihai)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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