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Translingual
Han character
馗 (Kangxi radical 185, 首+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大弓廿竹山 (KNTHU), four-corner 48016, composition ⿺九首)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1428, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44492
- Dae Jaweon: page 1954, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4501, character 2
- Unihan data for U+9997
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 尻
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*kʰuː
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| 訄
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*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
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| 艽
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*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 虓
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*qʰruː
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| 鳩
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*ku
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| 勼
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*ku
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| 九
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*kuʔ
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| 究
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*kus
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| 仇
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*ɡu
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| 鼽
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*ɡu
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| 犰
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*ɡu
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| 叴
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*ɡu
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| 厹
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*ɡu
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| 頄
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 朹
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*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
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| 馗
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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| 扏
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*ɡu
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| 訅
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*ɡu
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| 釚
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*ɡu
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| 肍
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*ɡu
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| 軌
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 宄
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 氿
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 匭
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 泦
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*kuɡ
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| 旭
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*qʰʷoɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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馗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kuí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gwij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷru/
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| English
|
thoroughfare
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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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馗
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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6963
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Phonetic
component
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九
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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逵
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷrɯw/
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| Notes
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集韻改渠龜切
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Definitions
馗
- (literary) Alternative form of 逵 (kuí, “thoroughfare”)
- Used in personal names.
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
|
馗
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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6952
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Phonetic
component
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九
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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𧚍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡu/
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Definitions
馗
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Japanese
Kanji
馗
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- road
Readings
Korean
Hanja
馗 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
- cheekbone
- path, road
- intersection
Vietnamese
Han character
馗: Hán Việt readings: quỳ
- chữ Hán form of quỳ.
References
Zhuang
Noun
馗
- Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)
