墤

墤 U+58A4, 墤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58A4 ← 墣 [U+58A3] CJK Unified Ideographs 墥 → [U+58A5]

Translingual

Han character

墤 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土中一金 (GLMC), composition ⿰土貴)

1. to fall into ruins, to collapse
2. to overthrow
3. decayed, ruined, lost

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 238, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5465
• Dae Jaweon: page 477, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 486, character 24
• Unihan data for U+58A4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		墤

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	墤
Reading #	2/2
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	/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛiH/
Wang Li	/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	墤
Reading #	2/2
No.	4728
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/
Notes	俗同塊

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³

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• 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: faai³
    • Yale: faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khweajH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/

Definitions

墤

1. Alternative form of 塊／块 (kuài, “clump of soil”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	墤
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	杜回切
Baxter	dwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/duoi/
Shao Rongfen	/duɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwəj/
Li Rong	/duᴀi/
Wang Li	/duɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	墤
Reading #	1/2
No.	4708
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	穨
Old Chinese	/*l'uːl/
Notes	同隤

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuí (tui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuéi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻui²
    • Yale: twéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twei
    • Palladius: туй (tuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: teoi⁴
    • Yale: tèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: têu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dwoj

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːl/

Definitions

墤

1. Alternative form of 隤／𬯎 (tuí, “dejected; depressed; in decline”)

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 89