圭

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Han character edit

圭 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土土 (GG), four-corner 4010₄, composition ⿱土土)

Derived characters edit

佳哇娃徍㤬挂晆桂洼烓珪畦眭硅䅅絓(𮉤) 胿蛙袿觟詿(诖) 跬銈(𫓯) 鞋䯓鮭(鲑) 黊䞨刲劸卦㪈㰪郌邽䳏(𱉤) 䵷(𱌃) 厓㾏閨(闺) 街奎窐筀罣茥䙵奊恚䖯鼃
𡋣𤞇𥙞𮄭𦈰𦓯𫗼𩰳𪖢𪗹𡐠𬫀𭅶𡊋𫻮𡌤𤬿𦐰𧠹𪚝𫭳𠜤𡌲𫼋𪊧𠈘𡧩𡷅𣥮𣄱𭁹𦊱𭑝𡐲𣫴𥒐
封 (originally did not have 圭 on the left)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4887
Dae Jaweon: page 456, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 418, character 5
Unihan data for U+572D

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		圭

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 圭
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
街	kreː, kreː
鞋	ɡreː, ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	ŋreː, ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	ɡreː, kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	ŋreː, ŋre
崖	ŋreː, ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	qreː, qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	qreː, qʷraː
胿	ɡeː, kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	ɡʷraːʔ, ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	ɡʷraːʔ, qʰʷe
蛙	qʷraː, qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs
罣	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	kʰʷreː, ɡʷreːs
鼃	ɢʷreː, qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	kʷeː, ɡʷeː
茥	kʷeː, kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	ɡʷeː, sqʰʷe, qʰʷe, qʰʷi
烓	qʷeː, kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pictogram (象形) : 土 + 土 – stack of (clay, jade) tablets. Duplication of 土.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guī (gui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui
Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ke / kui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guei
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹
  - Yale: gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹
  - Yale: gwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / kui
  - Tâi-lô: ke / kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kef, kuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/, /kui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kwej

Rime
Character	圭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古攜切
Baxter	kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛj/
Li Rong	/kuei/
Wang Li	/kiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤe/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	圭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guī
Middle Chinese	‹ kwej ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁe/
English	jade scepter
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	圭
Reading #	1/1
No.	4569
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	圭
Old Chinese	/*kʷeː/

Definitions edit

圭

jade pointed at top
(historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
See also: 珪
(historical) gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
a surname

Compounds edit

介圭
刀圭 (dāoguī)
圭亞那／圭亚那 (Guīyànà)
圭玉
圭璋 (guīzhāng)
圭璧
圭窬
圭竇／圭窦
圭臬 (guīniè)
圭蓽／圭荜
圭表 (guībiǎo)
圭角 (guījiǎo)
圭門／圭门
奉為圭臬／奉为圭臬 (fèngwéiguīniè)
巴拉圭 (Bālāguī)
巴拉圭河
日圭
析圭分土
析圭擔爵／析圭担爵
烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)
琬圭
琰圭
瑱圭
白圭
白圭之玷
穀圭／谷圭
篳門圭窬／筚门圭窬
篳門圭竇／筚门圭窦
蓽門圭竇／荜门圭窦
躬圭
鎮圭／镇圭

References edit

“圭”, 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 edit

Kanji edit

圭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

square jewel
corner
angle
edge

Readings edit

Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)}^{←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)}^{←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
Kun: かど (kado, 圭); はしは (hashiha, 圭)
Nanori: か (ka); かど (kado); きよ (kiyo); きよし (kiyoshi); たま (tama); ます (masu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds edit

Proper noun edit

圭(けい) • (Kei)

a unisex given name

Korean edit

Hanja edit

圭 (eum 규 (gyu))

jade pointed at top

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

圭: Hán Nôm readings: quê, khoai, khuê, que

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