葵

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 – a kind of plant.

Han character

葵 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓人大 (TNOK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹癸)

1. sunflower
2. measure

References

• KangXi: page 1046, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31458
• Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3258, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8475

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		葵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí, dǐng (kui², ding³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ, ㄉㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): khôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ting³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diing
    • IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe
    • Tâi-lô: khuê
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (葵, reconstructed)
Character (葵), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 渠隹切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiuɪ/	/gwi/	/ɡui/	/ɡʷi/	/gwi/	/ɡwi/	/ɡjuɪ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (葵, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
葵								kuí								‹ gjwij ›								/*ɡʷij/								mallow
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
葵					4646					癸					脂					1					葵					/*ɡʷil/					原重渠追切依切三王韻改

Compounds

• 锦葵 (jǐn kuí)
• 落葵 (luò kuí)
• 蒲葵 (pú kui)
• 蜀葵 (shǔ kuí)

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Japanese

Kanji

葵

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Goon: ぎ (gi)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kun: あおい (aoi)

Noun

葵 (hiragana あおい, romaji aoi)

1. hollyhock

Proper noun

葵 (hiragana あおい, romaji Aoi)

1. A male or female given name

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Korean

Hanja

葵 (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葵 (quỳ)

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