葵
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Translingual
Han character
葵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿弓人大 (TNOK), four-corner 44804 or 44430, composition ⿱艹癸)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1046, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31458
- Dae Jaweon: page 1507, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3258, character 14
- Unihan data for U+8475
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷil): semantic 艹 (“grass, plant”) + phonetic 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ) – a kind of plant.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai4
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): gì
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6gue
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
- Wade–Giles: kʻuei2
- Yale: kwéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
- Palladius: куй (kuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwai4
- Yale: kwàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai4
- Guangdong Romanization: kuei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khuì
- Hakka Romanization System: kuiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kui2
- Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûi
- Tâi-lô: khuî
- Phofsit Daibuun: quii
- IPA (Longyan): /kʰui¹¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /kʰui²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khêr
- Tâi-lô: khêr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khê
- Tâi-lô: khê
- Phofsit Daibuun: qee
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khôe
- Tâi-lô: khuê
- Phofsit Daibuun: qoee
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰue²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue²³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue¹³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kôe
- Tâi-lô: kuê
- Phofsit Daibuun: koee
- IPA (Taipei): /kue²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²³/
Note:
- kûi/khûi - literary;
- khêr/khê/khôe/kôe - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: gjwij
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡʷij/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷil/
Definitions
葵
- name of several plants
- Short for 冬葵 (“Malva verticillata (syn. Malva crispa)”).
- Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
- Short for 落葵 (luòkuí, “Basella alba”).
- Short for 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí, “sunflower”).
- Used in compounds.
- Alternative form of 揆 (kuí)
- (Hong Kong) Short for 葵涌 (Kuíchōng, “Kwai Chung”).
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese
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