蒯

蒯	U+84AF, 蒯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84AF

← 蒮
[U+84AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蒰 →
[U+84B0]

Translingual

Han character

蒯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿月中弓 (TBLN) or 難廿月中弓 (XTBLN), four-corner 4220₀, composition ⿰萠刂)

Derived characters

𫬉, 𦗿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 27
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31601
Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 352, character 21
Unihan data for U+84AF

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		蒯
simp. ^#		蒯
alternative forms		𦳋𦬿𦰵𠣲𦮍𦳋𦬿𦰵𠣲𦮍𠣯䓒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuǎi (kuai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuai³
  - Yale: kwǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koai
  - Palladius: куай (kuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaai²
  - Yale: gwáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khweajH

Rime
Character	蒯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦怪切
Baxter	khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠuɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kʰwɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰwăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤru[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蒯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ khwɛj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁru[t]-s/
English	a kind of rush
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	蒯
Reading #	1/1
No.	7504
Phonetic component
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

蒯

a kind of grass
a surname

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蒯 – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; piece; chunk; slab; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 塊).

Japanese

Kanji

蒯

(Hyōgai kanji)

rush, of which various things are made

Readings

On (unclassified): かい (kai)、け (ke)
Kun: あぶらがや (aburagaya)

Korean

Hanja

蒯 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒯: Hán Nôm readings: khoái

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