劊

See also: 刽

劊	U+528A, 劊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528A

← 劉
[U+5289]

CJK Unified Ideographs

劋 →
[U+528B]

Translingual

Han character

劊 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人日中弓 (OALN), four-corner 8260₀, composition ⿰會刂)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 42
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2225
Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 359, character 1
Unihan data for U+528A

Chinese

trad.		劊
simp.		刽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (會) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
譮	*qʰruːbs
會	koːbs, ɡoːbs
儈	*koːbs
膾	*koːbs
鱠	*koːbs
襘	*koːbs
禬	koːbs, ɡoːbs
檜	koːbs, koːd
旝	*koːbs
澮	*koːbs
鄶	*koːbs
廥	*koːbs
鬠	koːbs, ɡoːd
劊	koːbs, koːd
獪	koːbs, kroːbs
繪	*ɡoːbs
懀	qoːbs, qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈	*qoːbs
嬒	qoːbs, qoːd
瞺	*qoːbs
噲	*kʰroːbs
璯	*kʰroːbs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guì, kuài

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kui²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): koi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khòai
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kòe / kùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): guai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
  - Yale: gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
  - Palladius: куай (kuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kui²
  - Yale: kúi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kui²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: koi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰᵘɔi³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khòai
  - Hakka Romanization System: kuai^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kuai²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
  - Tâi-lô: kuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi
  - Tâi-lô: kuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guai³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³/

Middle Chinese: kwajH, kwat

Rime
Character	劊	劊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古外切	古活切
Baxter	kwajH	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑi^H/	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑi^H/	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑi^H/	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaj^H/	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑi^H/	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑi^H/	/kuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑi^H/	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui³	gut³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/, /*koːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劊	劊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5505	5520
Phonetic component	會	會
Rime group	蓋	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈	括
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*koːd/

Definitions

劊

(literary) to sever; to cut off; to chop off
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut open

Compounds

劊伍 / 刽伍
劊子 / 刽子
劊子手 / 刽子手 (guìzishǒu)

Japanese

Kanji

劊

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 刽)

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Readings

On (unclassified): かい (kai)、け (ke)、かつ (katsu)
Kun: たつ (tatsu)

Korean

Hanja

劊 • (hoe, goe) (hangeul 회, 괴, revised hoe, goe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, koe)

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