詭

See also: 诡

Translingual

Han character

詭 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓一山 (YRNMU), four-corner 0761₂, composition ⿰訁危)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35434
• Dae Jaweon: page 1623, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3968, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8A6D

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Chinese

trad.		詭
simp.		诡

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	*ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠	*ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	*krolʔ, *krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	*krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽	*krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	*kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krolʔ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi / khúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Yale: gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
    • Tâi-lô: khuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰui⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjweX

Rime
Character	詭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	過委切
Baxter	kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/kǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)ojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjweX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k](r)ojʔ/
English	perverse
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	詭
Reading #	1/1
No.	12767
Phonetic component	危
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詭
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 詭

1. sly; cunning; tricky; deceitful
2. (literary) weird; bizarre
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Japanese

Kanji

詭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lie
2. deceive

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: いつわる (itsuwaru)

Compounds

• 詭弁(きべん) (kiben)

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Korean

Hanja

詭 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

1. deceive, cheat, defraud
2. sly

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 詭 (quỷ, nguỵ)

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