規

See also: 槻 and 规

Translingual

Han character

規 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山山 (QOBUU), four-corner 5601₀, composition ⿰夫見)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1133, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34810
• Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3664, character 17
• Unihan data for U+898F

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Chinese

trad.		規
simp.		规

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (規) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嫢	*ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ
規	*kʷel
槻	*kʷel
鬹	*kʷel
摫	*kʷel
瞡	*kʷels, *kʷils
窺	*kʰʷel
闚	*kʰʷel

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夫 (“man”) + 見 (“see”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi
• Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kui

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gui¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kue

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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: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
    • Tâi-lô: kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹kue
    • MiniDict: kue^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjwie

Rime
Character	規
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居隋切
Baxter	kjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwiə̆/
Li Rong	/kiue/
Wang Li	/kǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷel/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	規
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guī
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwie ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷe/
English	compass, circle
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	規
Reading #	1/1
No.	4604
Phonetic component	規
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	𩓸
Old Chinese	/*kʷel/
Notes	小徐見聲，與圜同源；古亦同窺，夫或癸省文

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 規

1. dividers; measuring compass
2. rule; regulation; customs; law
3. to plan; to arrange
4. to exhort; to admonish; to advise
5. Gui

Synonyms

• (rule):

(deprecated template usage)

• 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 則度／则度 (zédù) (literary)
• 守則／守则 (shǒuzé)
• 方案 (fāng'àn)
• 條例／条例 (tiáolì)
• 條規／条规 (tiáoguī)
• 法度 (fǎdù)
• 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
• 紀綱／纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
• 綱目／纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
• 繩墨／绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
• 規則／规则 (guīzé)
• 規定／规定 (guīdìng)
• 規條／规条 (guītiáo)
• 規準／规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
• 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ)

 

• (to plan):

(deprecated template usage)

• 作計／作计 (zuòjì) (literary)
• 打算 (dǎsuàn)
• 拍算 (phah-sǹg) (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 拍達／拍达 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 按算 (Hokkien)
• 擬／拟 (nǐ)
• 派胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 準備／准备 (zhǔnbèi)
• 營為／营为 (Hokkien)
• 盤算／盘算
• 策劃／策划 (cèhuà)
• 策動／策动 (cèdòng)
• 算 (suàn)
• 算打 (sáung-dā) (Eastern Min)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 籌劃／筹划 (chóuhuà)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 規劃／规划 (guīhuà)
• 計劃／计划 (jìhuà)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 設／设 (shè)
• 設施／设施 (shèshī) (literary)
• 試圖／试图 (shìtú)
• 謀劃／谋划 (móuhuà)

 

• (to exhort):

(deprecated template usage)

• 勸告／劝告 (quàngào)
• 勸導／劝导 (quàndǎo)
• 勸解／劝解 (quànjiě)
• 勸誡／劝诫 (quànjiè)
• 告誡／告诫 (gàojiè)
• 奉勸／奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
• 忠告
• 懲／惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 戒飭／戒饬 (jièchì)
• 提醒 (tíxǐng)
• 正告 (zhènggào)
• 相勸／相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
• 規勸／规劝 (guīquàn)
• 誘／诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 諧喙／谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 諫訓／谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
• 警告 (jǐnggào)
• 警示 (jǐngshì)
• 警誡／警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 規

1. Only used in 規規／规规 (guìguì).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 規

1. ^‡ (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 瞁 (xù).

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Japanese

Kanji

規

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. rule
2. measure
3. norm, standard
4. to regulate

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: のり (nori); ぶんまわし (bunmawashi); ただす (tadasu, 規す)
• Nanori: すのり (sunori); のり (nori); ただし (tadashi)

Compounds

• 規格
• 規準
• 規正
• 規制
• 規則

• 規定
• 規範
• 規模
• 規約
• 規律

• 円規
• 定規
• 正規
• 内規
• 法規

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
規
のり Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 法, 則

Noun

規(のり) • (nori) 

1. rule, regulation
2. measure
3. norm, standard

   身(み)を以(も)って規(のり)を示(しめ)す

   mi o motte nori o shimesu

   to show a standard by oneself

Synonyms

• (rule): 決(き)まり (kimari), 規(き)則(そく) (kisoku)
• (measure): 物(もの)差(さ)し (monosashi), 定規(じょうぎ) (jōgi)
• (standard): 目安(めやす) (meyasu), 物(もの)差(さ)し (monosashi), 規準(きじゅん) (kijun), 標準(ひょうじゅん) (hyōjun)

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Korean

Hanja

規 (eumhun 법 규 (beop gyu))

1. Hanja form^? of 법 (“law; rule”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 規 (quy, qui)

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