媿

See also: 愧

媿	U+5ABF, 媿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ABF

← 媾
[U+5ABE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嫀 →
[U+5AC0]

Translingual

Han character

媿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹山戈 (VHUI), four-corner 4641₃, composition ⿰女鬼)

ashamed, conscience-stricken

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6600
Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 3
Unihan data for U+5ABF

Chinese

trad.		媿
simp.		愧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謉	tkuːlʔ, krul
瑰	kuːl, ɡuːl
傀	kuːl, kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	kʰuːlʔ, qulʔ
塊	kʰuːls, kʰruːds
嵬	ŋɡuːl, ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	ɡuːl, ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	ɡuːlʔ, qruːl
螝	ɡuːls, krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	krul, kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	ŋul, ŋuls

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai³

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: kwai³
  - Yale: kwai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: kwijH

Rime
Character	媿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱位切
Baxter	kwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwi^H/
Li Rong	/kjui^H/
Wang Li	/kwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kruls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媿
Reading #	1/1
No.	4683
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kruls/

Definitions

媿

(obsolete) alternative form of 愧 (kuì)
- 自古及今而能虛成名於天下者，無有。是以君王無羞亟問，不媿下學。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  自古及今而能虚成名于天下者，无有。是以君王无羞亟问，不愧下学。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE
  Zìgǔjíjīn ér néng xū chéngmíng yú tiānxià zhě, wúyǒu. Shìyǐ jūnwáng wú xiū jí wèn, bù kuì xià xué. [Pinyin]
  From ancient times down to today, no one has ever been able to make a name for himself alone. This being so, lords and kings should not be embarrassed to ask any questions they have, or ashamed to learn from those beneath them.
a surname

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

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/

Definitions

媿

(obsolete) alternative form of 隗 (kuí)
- 倗仲乍畢媿賸鼎。其萬年寶用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  倗仲乍毕愧剩鼎。其万年宝用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Inscription on lost Pengzhong ding 倗仲鼎 (Jicheng #2462). Translated by on Khayutina (2016)
  Péngzhòng zuò Bì Kuí yìngdǐng. Qí wànnián bǎoyòng. [Pinyin]
  The Second-born of Peng makes the dowry tripod for Bi Kui/Gui. May she treasure and use it for ten thousand years!

Japanese

Kanji

媿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}^{←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)}^{←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
Kun: はじる (hajiru, 媿じる)^{←はぢる (fadiru, 媿ぢる, historical)}、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 媿める)^{←はづかしめる (fadukasimeru, 媿める, historical)}、とがめる (togameru, 媿める)

Korean

Hanja

媿 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe)

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