揆

Translingual edit

Han character edit

揆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人大 (QNOK), four-corner 5203₄, composition ⿰扌癸)

prime minister
to guess, estimate

Derived characters edit

𦺕

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12326
Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1926, character 8
Unihan data for U+63C6

Chinese edit

trad.		揆
simp. ^#		揆

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
睽	*kʰʷiːl
湀	kʰʷiːl, kʷilʔ, ɡʷilʔ, kʰʷiːd
聧	*kʰʷiː
藈	*kʰʷiːl
癸	*kʷilʔ
葵	*ɡʷil
鄈	*ɡʷil
楑	ɡʷil, ɡʷilʔ
戣	*ɡʷril
鍨	*ɡʷril
騤	ɡʷril, kʷiːd
揆	*ɡʷilʔ
猤	*ɡʷils
闋	*kʰʷiːd

Pronunciation 1 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴, kwai⁵

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, kwai⁵
  - Yale: kwàih, kwáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴, kwai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴, kuei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /kʷʰɐi̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: gjwijX

Rime
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求癸切
Baxter	gjwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiuɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjuɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwi^X/
Li Rong	/ɡui^X/
Wang Li	/ɡwi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷilʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwij^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/
English	measure, estimate (v.)
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	揆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4652
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揆
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷilʔ/

Definitions edit

揆

^⁜ guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to reckon
(dated or formal) leader of the government
閣揆／阁揆 ― gékuí ― (formal) prime minister; premier
1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan, formal) prime minister
  Synonyms: 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ), 首相 (shǒuxiàng), 相 (xiàng)
  英揆 ― Yīng kuí ― the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2. (Taiwan, formal) president of the Executive Yuan; premier of the Republic of China
  Synonyms: 行政院長／行政院长 (xíngzhèng yuànzhǎng), 院長／院长 (yuànzhǎng)
  賴揆／赖揆 ― Lài kuí ― Premier Lai Ching-te

Usage notes edit

The modern usage of the second sense is mostly on newspaper article titles. For the sense of prime minister of a country, this word is preceded by the short form of the name of the country. For the sense of premier of the Republic of the China, this word is preceded by the surname of the premier.

Compounds edit

一揆 (yīkuí)
揆一
揆席
揆度
揆情度理
揆诸
百揆
端揆
道揆 (dàokuí)
閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

Pronunciation 2 edit

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: kue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kueʔ¹²¹/

Definitions edit

揆

Alternative form of 劌／刿 (“to rub against; classifier for a segment or section of something that is long”)

References edit

“揆”, 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–
“Entry #4634”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

揆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings edit

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揆る); はかりごと (hakarigoto, 揆)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

揆 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

揆: Hán Nôm readings: quẫy

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