揆

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揆 U+63C6, 揆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C6
← 揅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 揇 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

trad. 揆
simp. # 揆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (癸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
睽 *kʰʷiːl
湀 *kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd
聧 *kʰʷiː
藈 *kʰʷiːl
癸 *kʷilʔ
葵 *ɡʷil
鄈 *ɡʷil
楑 *ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ
戣 *ɡʷril
鍨 *ɡʷril
騤 *ɡʷril, *kʷiːd
揆 *ɡʷilʔ
猤 *ɡʷils
闋 *kʰʷiːd

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 揆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 求癸切
Baxter gjwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡiuɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡʷiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡjuɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gwiX/
Li
Rong 		/ɡuiX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡwiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gwiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 揆
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjwijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷijʔ/
English measure, estimate (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 揆
Reading # 1/1
No. 4652
Phonetic
component 		癸
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		揆
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷilʔ/

Definitions

揆

  1. ⁜ 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
Usage notes

The modern usage of the second sense 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.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

揆

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

References

Japanese

Kanji

揆

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. category
  2. plan
  3. drumstick

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

揆: Hán Nôm readings: quẫy

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