夔
See also: 夒
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Translingual
Han character
夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱丷夒)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
- Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5914
Chinese
| trad. | 夔 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 夔 | |
| alternative forms | 𡖂 虁 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 夔 | |
|---|---|
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Etymology
From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”), Burmese ကျွဲ (kywai:, “water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
- Wade–Giles: kʻuei2
- Yale: kwéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
- Palladius: куй (kuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwai4
- Yale: kwàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai4
- Guangdong Romanization: kuei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: gwij
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/
Definitions
夔
- (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
- Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
- a surname
Usage notes
- Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Kui (Chinese mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
夔: Hán Việt readings: quỳ[1][2][3]
- chữ Hán form of Quỳ (“the Kui, a surname”)