氿

氿	U+6C3F, 氿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C3F

← 氾
[U+6C3E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

汀 →
[U+6C40]

Translingual

Han character

氿 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 水大弓 (EKN) or 難水大弓 (XEKN), four-corner 3411₇, composition ⿰氵九)

Derived characters

染

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17102
Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1549, character 3
Unihan data for U+6C3F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		氿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 氿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	kʰuː, kʰu, *ɡu
艽	krɯːw, qʰrɯːw, ɡu, ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	ɡu, ɡʷrɯw
朹	ɡu, kʷrɯwʔ
馗	ɡu, ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷrɯwʔ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei³
  - Yale: gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwai²
  - Yale: gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: kwijX

Rime
Character	氿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居洧切
Baxter	kwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwi^X/
Li Rong	/kjui^X/
Wang Li	/kwi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷrɯwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	氿
Reading #	1/1
No.	6961
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	軌
Old Chinese	/*kʷrɯwʔ/

Definitions

氿

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dry earth at the shore
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (springwater) spurted from the side of a mountain
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) small fountain

Compounds

氿泉 (guǐquán)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔ (jiu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chiu³
  - Yale: jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeou
  - Palladius: цзю (czju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

氿

Used in the names of lakes in Yixing, Jiangsu, China.

Compounds

三氿
團氿 / 团氿
東氿 / 东氿
西氿

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
  - Yale: chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
  - Palladius: цю (cju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

氿

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) shore

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 氿 – see 酒 (“alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink; banquet; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 酒).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

氿

(Hyōgai kanji)

spring

Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、きゅう (kyū)、ぐ (gu)
Kun: おずみ (ozumi)、わきみず (wakimizu)

Korean

Hanja

氿 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

spring

Zhuang

Noun

氿

Sawndip form of laeuj