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Translingual
Han character
奎 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大土土 (KGG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿱大圭)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 251, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5911
- Dae Jaweon: page 512, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 538, character 1
- Unihan data for U+594E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 街
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*kreː, *kreː
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| 鞋
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*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
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| 娾
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*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
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| 佳
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*kreː
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| 鮭
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*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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| 涯
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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| 崖
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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| 啀
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*ŋreː
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| 厓
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*ŋreː
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| 捱
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*ŋreː
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| 睚
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*ŋreːs
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| 娃
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*qreː
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| 洼
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*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
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| 哇
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*qreː, *qʷraː
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| 胿
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*ɡeː, *kʷeː
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| 溎
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*qeːns
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| 觟
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*ɡʷraːʔ
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| 黊
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
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| 蘳
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
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| 蛙
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*qʷraː, *qʷreː
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| 窪
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*qʷraː
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| 卦
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*kʷreːs
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| 挂
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*kʷreːs
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| 掛
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*kʷreːs
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| 詿
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
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| 罣
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
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| 絓
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*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
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| 鼃
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*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
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| 圭
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*kʷeː
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| 珪
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*kʷeː
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| 邽
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*kʷeː
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| 閨
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*kʷeː
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| 袿
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*kʷeː
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| 窐
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*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
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| 茥
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*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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| 桂
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*kʷeːs
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| 筀
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*kʷeːs
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| 奎
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*kʰʷeː
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| 刲
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*kʰʷeː
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| 蝰
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*kʰʷeː
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| 楏
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*kʰʷeː
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| 睳
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*qʰʷeː
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| 畦
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*ɡʷeː
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| 眭
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*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
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| 烓
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*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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| 跬
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*kʰʷeʔ
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| 恚
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*qʷes
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| 硅
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*qʰʷreɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷeː) : semantic 大 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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奎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4582
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Phonetic
component
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圭
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Rime
group
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支
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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睽
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰʷeː/
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Definitions
奎
- the stride of a person
- Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
奎
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
奎 (eumhun 별 규 (byeol gyu))
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Vietnamese
Han character
奎: Hán Nôm readings: khuê
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