詭

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See also: 诡
詭 U+8A6D, 詭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A6D
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Translingual

Han character

詭 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓一山 (YRNMU), four-corner 07612, composition ⿰訁危)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35434
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1623, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3968, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8A6D

Chinese

trad. 詭
simp. 诡
alternative forms 謉／𫍷
譌／𰵑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 詭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (危) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鮠 *ŋuːl
峞 *ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠 *ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭 *krolʔ
垝 *krolʔ, *krols
陒 *krolʔ
觤 *krolʔ
恑 *krolʔ
蛫 *krolʔ
祪 *krolʔ
洈 *krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽 *krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅 *krolʔ
佹 *krolʔ
跪 *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危 *ŋrol
峗 *ŋrol
硊 *ŋrolʔ
卼 *kʰruls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krolʔ) : semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 詭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 支 (14)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 過委切
Baxter kjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiuɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kjwiə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/kjueX/
Wang
Li 		/kǐweX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kwie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwai2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 詭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjweX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*(r)ojʔ/
English perverse

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 詭
Reading # 1/1
No. 12767
Phonetic
component 		危
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		詭
Old
Chinese 		/*krolʔ/

Definitions

詭

  1. sly; cunning; tricky; deceitful
  2. (literary) weird; bizarre

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

詭

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. lie
  2. deceive

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

詭 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

  1. deceive, cheat, defraud
  2. sly

Vietnamese

Han character

詭: Hán Nôm readings: quỷ, ngụy/nguỵ

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