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Translingual
Han character
規 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山山 (QOBUU), four-corner 56010, composition ⿰夫見)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1133, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34810
- Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3664, character 17
- Unihan data for U+898F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 嫢
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*ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ
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| 規
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*kʷel
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| 槻
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*kʷel
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| 鬹
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*kʷel
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| 摫
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*kʷel
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| 瞡
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*kʷels, *kʷils
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| 窺
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*kʰʷel
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| 闚
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*kʰʷel
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Traditionally an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夫 (“man”) + 見 (“see”). Smith (2011) proposes that the left component is instead the bottom of 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ), making it phonetic – compare the Shizhoupian script form at the entry 癸.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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規
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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guī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kjwie ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷe/
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| English
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compass, circle
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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規
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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4604
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Phonetic
component
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規
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𩓸
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷel/
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| Notes
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小徐見聲，與圜同源；古亦同窺，夫或癸省文
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Definitions
規
- dividers; measuring compass
- rule; regulation; customs; law
- to plan; to arrange
- to exhort; to admonish; to advise
- a surname: Gui
Synonyms
- 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 則度／则度 (zédù) (literary)
- 守則／守则 (shǒuzé)
- 方案 (fāng'àn)
- 條例／条例 (tiáolì)
- 條規／条规 (tiáoguī)
- 法度 (fǎdù)
- 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
- 紀綱／纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
- 綱目／纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
- 繩墨／绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
- 規則／规则 (guīzé)
- 規定／规定 (guīdìng)
- 規條／规条 (guītiáo)
- 規準／规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
- 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ)
- 勸告／劝告 (quàngào)
- 勸導／劝导 (quàndǎo)
- 勸解／劝解 (quànjiě)
- 勸誡／劝诫 (quànjiè)
- 告誡／告诫 (gàojiè)
- 奉勸／奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
- 忠告
- 懲／惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 戒飭／戒饬 (jièchì)
- 提醒 (tíxǐng)
- 正告 (zhènggào)
- 相勸／相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
- 規勸／规劝 (guīquàn)
- 誘／诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
- 諧喙／谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 諫訓／谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
- 警告 (jǐnggào)
- 警示 (jǐngshì)
- 警誡／警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Fuehrer and Yang (2014) propose that it derives from 幾 (OC *kɯl, “almost”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
規
- (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) whole; entire
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
整 (“whole; entire”)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
規
- Only used in 規規／规规 (guìguì).
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
規
- ‡ Alternative form of 瞁 (xù)
References
Japanese
Kanji
規
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- rule
- measure
- norm, standard
- to regulate
Readings
Compounds
Noun
| For pronunciation and definitions of 規 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 規, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
規 (eumhun 법 규 (beop gyu))
- Hanja form? of 법 (“law; rule”).
Vietnamese
Han character
規: Hán Nôm readings: quy, qui
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