葵

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷil): semantic 艹 ‎(“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 ‎(OC *kʷilʔ) – 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

simp. and trad.		葵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe
    • Tâi-lô: khuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoee
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	葵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠隹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwi/
Li Rong	/ɡui/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*ɡʷij/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷil/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	葵
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwij ›
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷij/
English	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	葵
Reading #	1/1
No.	4646
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	葵
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷil/
Notes	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)

References

• zdic.net (Han Dian)

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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)

Compounds

Compounds

山葵 (わさび) ‎(wasabi): wasabi

Kanji in this term
葵
あおい Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あおい [àóí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞i]

Noun

葵 ‎(hiragana あおい, romaji aoi, historical hiragana あふひ)

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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