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U+8475, 葵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8475

[U+8474]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8476]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +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 )

Derived characters

  • 𭢦, 𣿮, 𣋒, 𬄲, 𤢑, 𤩸, 𧬧, 𨆠, 𩦟, 𪆴(𬸮), 𫶙

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

More information trad., simp. # ...
trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𦮙 ancient
𦷡
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Glyph origin

More information Old Chinese ...
Old Chinese
*kʰʷiːl
*kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd
*kʰʷiː
*kʰʷiːl
*kʷilʔ
*ɡʷil
*ɡʷil
*ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ
*ɡʷril
*ɡʷril
*ɡʷril, *kʷiːd
*ɡʷilʔ
*ɡʷils
*kʰʷiːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷil): semantic (grass, plant) + phonetic (OC *kʷilʔ) – a kind of plant.

Pronunciation

More information Rime, Character ...
Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (30)
Final () (16)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gjwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡʷi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡjuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gwi/
Li
Rong
/ɡui/
Wang
Li
/ɡwi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kwai4
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More information Character, Reading # ...
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuí
Middle
Chinese
‹ gjwij ›
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷij/
English mallow

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.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4646
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷil/
Notes
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Note:
  • kûi/khûi - literary;
  • khêr/khê/khôe/kôe - vernacular.

Definitions

  1. name of several plants
    1. Short for 冬葵 (“Malva verticillata (syn. Malva crispa)”).
    2. Short for 蒲葵 (púkuí, “Livistona chinensis”).
    3. Short for 落葵 (luòkuí, “Basella alba”).
    4. Short for 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí, “sunflower”).
    5. Used in compounds.
  2. Alternative form of (kuí)
  3. (Hong Kong) Short for 葵涌 (Kuíchōng, “Kwai Chung”).
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Korean

Vietnamese

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