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U+5080, 傀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5080

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人竹山戈 (OHUI), four-corner 26213, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 928
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 192, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5080

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) : semantic (human) + phonetic (OC *kulʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note: ka - 嘉 is used in the Mainland.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (29)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuoiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwəjX/
Li
Rong
/kʰuᴀiX/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɒiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fui2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 4664
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːlʔ/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 傀儡 (kuǐlěi, “puppet”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

(OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" (Zhouli) > (OC *kuːl, *ɡuːl) "rare, marvelous" > a kind precious stone" (Shijing).

(OC *kûi) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh); they may be merely variants (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter kwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəj/
Li
Rong
/kuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/kuɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gui1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 4661
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːl/

Definitions

  1. odd; peculiar; extraordinary
  2. great

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (现代汉语规范词典) proscribes the use of the pronunciation guī.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. large

Readings

  • Go-on: (ke) (ke, historical)くゑ (kwe, ancient)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)くわい (kwai, historical)
  • Kun: おおきい (ookii, 傀い)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC khwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 괴〯 (kwǒy) (Yale: kwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 꼭두각시/허수아비 (kkokdugaksi/heosuabi goe))

  1. hanja form? of (puppet)

Compounds

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese (MC kwoj).

Hanja

(eumhun (keul goe))

  1. (literary) hanja form? of (large)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: khôi, khổi, ngội, ổi

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