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Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order
(Hong Kong)
Stroke order
(alternative)
Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(Kangxi radical 213, +0, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹月尸尸 (HBSS) or 弓難山 (NXU), four-corner 27117)

  1. Kangxi radical #213, .

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48847
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4809, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9F9C

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) : A drawing of a turtle seen from the side and from above (Bronze inscriptions).

Etymology 1

Austroasiatic. Compare Mon ဂွိ (kwìˀ, freshwater turtle), Nyah Kur [script needed] (thəwi̤iʔ, freshwater soft-shelled tortoise) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ku - vernacular;
  • kui - literary.
Note:
  • 1jy - vernacular;
  • 1kue - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjwi/
Li
Rong
/kjui/
Wang
Li
/kwi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guī guī
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjuw › ‹ kwij ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷə/ /*[k]ʷrə/
English tortoise tortoise

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 4616
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷrɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. turtle; tortoise
  2. (figurative) cuckold
Synonyms

Compounds

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. Only used in 龜茲龟兹 (Qiūcí).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage)

  1. (of skin) to crack; to become chapped

Compounds

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. turtle

Readings


Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

(eumhun 거북 (geobuk gwi))

  1. tortoise, turtle

Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 이름 (ttang ireum gu))

  1. Only used in 龜玆 (Guja)

Etymology 3

Hanja

(eumhun 터질 (teojil gyun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) (qui, quân, quy)

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