癸
Translingual
Han character
癸 (Kangxi radical 105, 癶+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人一大 (NOMK), four-corner 12430, composition ⿱癶天)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22660
- Dae Jaweon: page 1193, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2760, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7678
Chinese
trad. | 癸 | |
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simp. # | 癸 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 癸 | ||||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | ||||
Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Shizhoupian script | Small seal script |
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Pictogram (象形) - Multiple uncertain interpretations.
Possibly, this was a pictograph of a four handled plow, meant to be operated by 4 people at a time. This character shows how essential and commonplace collective farming was roughly 3000 years ago.
Etymology
The derivative 揆 is semantically related to the original word.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
- Wade–Giles: kuei3
- Yale: gwěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
- Palladius: гуй (guj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gwai3
- Yale: gwai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai3
- Guangdong Romanization: guei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: kjwijX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷijʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷilʔ/
Definitions
- the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
- a surname
Coordinate terms
Compounds
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References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #5236”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
Kanji
- something J
- tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
- tenth rank
Readings
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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癸 |
き Hyōgaiji |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 癸 (kjwijX)
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- something J; the tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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癸 |
みずのと Hyōgaiji |
kun'yomi |
水 (Mizu, “Water”, one of the Five Elements) + の (no, attributive marker) + 弟 (oto, “younger brother”)
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
癸 • (Mizunoto) ←みづのと (midunoto)?
- the tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
Korean
Hanja
癸 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 癸 (quý, quấy, quậy)
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