喟

喟	U+559F, 喟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-559F

← 喞
[U+559E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

喠 →
[U+55A0]

Translingual

Han character

喟 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田月 (RWB), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰口胃)

Derived characters

𣽴

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 199, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3963
Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 654, character 3
Unihan data for U+559F

Chinese

trad.		喟
simp. ^#		喟
alternative forms		𠷝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
喟	kʰruːds, kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴
  - Yale: kwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
  - Palladius: куй (kuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wai² / wai⁶
  - Yale: wái / waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: khwijH, khweajH

Rime
Character	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	丘愧切	苦怪切
Baxter	khwijH	khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪ^H/	/kʰˠuɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚi^H/	/kʰʷᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɪ^H/	/kʰuɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwi^H/	/kʰwəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kʰjui^H/	/kʰuɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kʰwi^H/	/kʰwɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰwi^H/	/kʰwăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuì	kuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai³	faai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰˤrə[t]-s/, /*[k]ʷʰrə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/, /*kʰruds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuì	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ khwɛj^H ›	‹ khwij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰˁrə[t]-s/	/*[k]ʷʰrə[t]-s/
English	sigh	sigh
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12940	12941
Phonetic component	胃	胃
Rime group	隊	隊
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/	/*kʰruds/

Definitions

喟

(literary) to heave a sigh; to sigh

Compounds

不勝感喟 / 不胜感喟
喟嘆 / 喟叹
喟然 (kuìrán)
喟然而嘆 / 喟然而叹
感喟
慷喟
歎喟 / 叹喟

Japanese

Kanji

喟

(Hyōgai kanji)

sigh

Readings

Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}^{←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}^{←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
Kun: なげく (nageku, 喟く)、ためいき (tameiki, 喟)

Korean

Hanja

喟 • (wi, goe) (hangeul 위, 괴, revised wi, goe, McCune–Reischauer wi, koe, Yale wi, koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喟: Hán Nôm readings: vị

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