夔

See also: 夒

夔 U+5914, 夔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914 ← 夓 [U+5913] CJK Unified Ideographs 夕 → [U+5915]

Translingual

Han character

夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱丷夒)

Derived characters

• 巙, 𢆃, 𪭆, 犪, 𥜶, 躨, 𧅄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
• Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5914

Chinese

trad.		夔
simp. #		夔
alternative forms		𡖂 虁

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 夔 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Kui (Chinese mythology) (English)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夔
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

	Old Chinese
夔	*ɡrul
犪	*ɡrul, *njiwʔ
躨	*ɡrul

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

Etymology

From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	夔
Reading #	1/1
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	夔
Reading #	1/1
No.	7515
Phonetic component	夔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逵
Old Chinese	/*ɡrul/
Notes	集韻改渠龜切

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gue

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• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gue
    • MiniDict: gue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gwij

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/

Definitions

夔

1. (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
2. Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
3. a surname

Usage notes

• Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Kui (Chinese mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Compounds

• 一夔已足 (yīkuíyǐzú)
• 夔夔 (kuíkuí)
• 夔峽／夔峡
• 夔牛
• 夔紋／夔纹 (kuíwén)
• 夔門／夔门 (Kuímén)
• 夔龍／夔龙 (kuílóng)
• 夔龍禮樂／夔龙礼乐
• 蟠夔紋／蟠夔纹

 

Japanese

Kanji

夔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)

Korean

Hanja

夔 (eum 기 (gi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

夔: Hán Việt readings: quỳ^[1][2][3]

1. chữ Hán form of Quỳ (“the Kui, a surname”).

References

1. Trần (1999).
2. Nguyễn (1974).
3. Thiều Chửu (1942).