蒯

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蒯 U+84AF, 蒯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84AF
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蒰 →

Translingual

Han character

蒯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿月中弓 (TBLN) or 難廿月中弓 (XTBLN), four-corner 42200, composition ⿰萠刂)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31601
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 352, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+84AF

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad. 蒯
simp. # 蒯
alternative forms
 
𦳋
𦬿
𦰵
𠣲
𦮍
𦳋
𦬿
𦰵
𠣲
𦮍
𠣯
䓒

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蒯
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 皆 (34)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 苦怪切
Baxter khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwəɨjH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰwăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蒯
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuǎi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khwɛjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰˁru-s/
English a kind of rush

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 蒯
Reading # 1/1
No. 7504
Phonetic
component 		蒯
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		蒯
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

蒯

  1. a kind of grass
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蒯 – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; yuan; dollar; buck; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 塊).

Japanese

Kanji

蒯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. rush, of which various things are made

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蒯 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒯: Hán Nôm readings: khoái

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