佹

佹 U+4F79, 佹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F79 ← 佸 [U+4F78] CJK Unified Ideographs 佺 → [U+4F7A]

Translingual

Han character

佹 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一山 (ONMU), four-corner 2721₂, composition ⿰亻危)

1. depend upon
2. support
3. go against

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 566
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 151, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F79

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佹

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: kjweX

Rime
Character	佹
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12777
Phonetic component	危
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詭
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佹

1. (literary) to deviate
2. ^† to be piled up
3. (literary) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 詭／诡 (guǐ, “strange; deceitful”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ, guī (gui³, gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

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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/
      
  • (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: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 佹

1. ^† almost; nearly
2. (literary, in the 佹...佹... construction) now …, now …

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Japanese

Kanji

佹

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. depend upon
2. support
3. go against

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: かさなる (kasanaru, 佹なる)、よる (yoru, 佹る)、もとる (motoru, 佹る)、ささえる (sasaeru, 佹える)

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Korean

Hanja

佹 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe)

1. strange
2. deceive
3. go against