嵠

嵠 U+5D60, 嵠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D60 ← 嵟 [U+5D5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵡 → [U+5D61]

Translingual

Han character

嵠 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 山月女大 (UBVK), composition ⿰山奚)

1. valley with a stream in it
2. gorge

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 317, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8329
• Dae Jaweon: page 617, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 791, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5D60

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khej

Rime
Character	嵠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦奚切
Baxter	khej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵠
Reading #	1/1
No.	13359
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/
Notes	同谿

Definitions

嵠

1. Alternative form of 谿

Japanese

Kanji

嵠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げい (gei); けい (kei)
• Kun: たに (tani)