揆

揆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人大 (QNOK), four-corner 5203₄, composition ⿰扌癸)

1. prime minister
2. to guess, estimate

• 𦺕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12326
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1926, character 8
• Unihan data for U+63C6

揆

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to reckon
2. (dated or formal) leader of the government

   閣揆／阁揆  ―  gékuí  ―  (formal) prime minister; premier

   1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan, formal) prime minister

      Synonyms: 總理 / 总理 (zǒnglǐ), 首相 (shǒuxiàng), 相 (xiàng)

      英揆  ―  Yīng kuí  ―  the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

   2. (Taiwan, formal) president of the Executive Yuan; premier of the Republic of China

      Synonyms: 行政院長 / 行政院长 (xíngzhèng yuànzhǎng), 院長 / 院长 (yuànzhǎng)

      賴揆／赖揆  ―  Lài kuí  ―  Premier Lai Ching-te

The modern usage of "prime minister" or "president of the Executive Yuan" is mostly on newspaper article titles. For the sense of prime minister of a country, this word is preceded by the short form of the name of the country. For the sense of premier of the Republic of the China, this word is preceded by the surname of the premier.

揆

1. alternative form of 劌 / 刿 (“to rub against; classifier for a segment or section of something that is long”)

• “揆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “揆”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “揆”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 127.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. category
2. plan
3. drumstick

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揆る)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 揆)

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

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揆: Hán Việt readings: quỹ, quải
揆: Nôm readings: quậy, cõi, quẫy, quẽ, quảy

揆 • (cõi)

1. chữ Nôm form of cõi (“a domain, realm or land”)
   • 1820, 阮攸 , compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 , published 1866, line 1:

     𤾓(trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪞(trong)揆(cõi)𠊛(người)些(ta)

     In the hundred-year span of a human life