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)

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

葵 (Jyutping kwai4, Yale kwai4)

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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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Mandarin

Hanzi

葵 (Pinyin dǐng (ding3), kuí (kui2), Wade-Giles ting³, k'uei²)

Compounds

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

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Middle Chinese

Han character

葵 (ghui)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葵 (quỳ)