譎

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See also: 谲
譎 U+8B4E, 譎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B4E
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Translingual

Han character

譎 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓竹月 (YRNHB), four-corner 07627, composition ⿰訁矞)

  1. cunning, crafty, sly, wily

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1180, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35956
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4022, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8B4E

Chinese

trad. 譎
simp. 谲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 譎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (矞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
瞲 *qʰʷilʔ, *qʰʷids, *qʰʷiːd
璚 *ɡʷeŋ
劀 *kʷriːd, *kʷreːd
鱊 *kʷriːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
譎 *kʷiːd
潏 *kʷiːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
鐍 *kʷiːd
憰 *kʷiːd
噊 *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
驈 *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
橘 *kʷid
繘 *kʷid, *ɢʷid
獝 *qʰʷid
燏 *ɢʷid
遹 *ɢʷid
鷸 *ɢʷid
矞 *ɢʷid
霱 *ɢʷid

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 譎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屑 (88)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古穴切
Baxter kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwet̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷet̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/kuet̚/
Wang
Li 		/kiwet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 譎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jué
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʷˁi/
English treacherous; deceive

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 譎
Reading # 1/1
No. 16006
Phonetic
component 		矞
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		玦
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷiːd/

Definitions

譎

  1. to deceive; to cheat

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

譎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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Compounds

Korean

Hanja

譎 • (hyul) (hangeul 휼, revised hyul, McCune–Reischauer hyul, Yale hyul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譎: Hán Nôm readings: quyệt, quịt

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