闚

Translingual

Han character

闚 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日弓手人山 (ANQOU), four-corner 7751₆, composition ⿵門規)

1. flash
2. flashing
3. steal look

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1341, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41467
• Dae Jaweon: page 1845, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4315, character 8
• Unihan data for U+95DA

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 闚 – see 窺 (“to peep”). (This character is a variant form of 窺).

Etymology 2

trad.		闚
simp.		𬮭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kuī (Kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kuei
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻuei¹
    • Yale: Kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kuei
    • Palladius: Куй (Kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwie

Rime
Character	闚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去隨切
Baxter	khjwie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjuɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwiə̆/
Li Rong	/kʰiue/
Wang Li	/kʰǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闚
Reading #	1/1
No.	4610
Phonetic component	規
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	闚
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷel/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 闚

1. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

闚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: うかがう (ukagau, 闚う)

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Korean

Hanja

闚 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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