獪

See also: 狯 and 猾

獪	U+736A, 獪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736A

← 獩
[U+7369]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獫 →
[U+736B]

Translingual

Han character

獪 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人一日 (KHOMA), four-corner 4826₆, composition ⿰犭會)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 719, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20929
Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1373, character 6
Unihan data for U+736A

Chinese

trad.		獪
simp.		狯

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): kuài (kuai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kui²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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/

Middle Chinese: kwajH, kwaejH

Rime
Character	獪	獪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古外切	古賣切
Baxter	kwajH	kwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑi^H/	/kˠuai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑi^H/	/kʷᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑi^H/	/kuai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaj^H/	/kwaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/kuɑi^H/	/kuai^H/
Wang Li	/kuɑi^H/	/kwæi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑi^H/	/kwai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui³	gwaai³

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

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獪	獪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5506	5514
Phonetic component	會	會
Rime group	蓋	蓋
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈	卦
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*kroːbs/

Definitions

獪

(literary) sly; cunning; crafty

Compounds

狙獪 / 狙狯
狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài)

Japanese

Kanji

獪

(Hyōgai kanji)

crafty

Readings

Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)}^{←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
Kun: わるがしこ (warugashiko)

Compounds

獪(かい)猾(かつ) (kaikatsu)
猾(かっ)獪(かい) (kakkai)
黠(かっ)獪(かい) (kakkai)
狡(こう)獪(かい) (kōkai)
貪(たん)獪(かい) (tankai)
老(ろう)獪(かい) (rōkai)

Korean

Hanja

獪 • (hoe, kwae) (hangeul 회, 쾌, revised hoe, kwae, McCune–Reischauer hoe, k'wae, Yale hoy, khway)

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