馗

馗	U+9997, 馗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9997

← 首
[U+9996]

CJK Unified Ideographs

馘 →
[U+9998]

Translingual

Han character

馗 (Kangxi radical 185, 首+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大弓廿竹山 (KNTHU), four-corner 4801₆, composition ⿺九首)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1428, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44492
Dae Jaweon: page 1954, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4501, character 2
Unihan data for U+9997

Chinese

simp. and trad.		馗
2nd round simp.		⿺九刀
alternative forms		𠃳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 馗
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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): gì
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoe

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴
  - Yale: kwàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe
  - Tâi-lô: khue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: gwij

Rime
Character	馗
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠追切
Baxter	gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi/
Li Rong	/ɡjui/
Wang Li	/ɡwi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷru/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷrɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	馗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuí
Middle Chinese	‹ gwij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷru/
English	thoroughfare
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	馗
Reading #	2/2
No.	6963
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逵
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷrɯw/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

Definitions

馗

(literary) alternative form of 逵 (kuí, “thoroughfare”)
Used in personal names.

Compounds

氣殺鍾馗 / 气杀钟馗
鍾馗 / 钟馗

Etymology 2

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/

Middle Chinese: gjuw

Rime
Character	馗
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	馗
Reading #	1/2
No.	6952
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

Definitions

馗

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References

“馗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

馗

(Hyōgai kanji)

road

Readings

Go-on: ぎ (gi)、ぐ (gu)
Kan-on: き (ki)、きゅう (kyū)
Kun: ほおぼね (hōbone)、みち (michi)、かくれる (kakureru)

Korean

Hanja

馗 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

Vietnamese

Han character

馗: Hán Việt readings: quỳ^[1]

chữ Hán form of quỳ

References

^ Trần (2004).

Zhuang

Noun

馗

Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)

[gdhn-1] Trần (2004).

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