夔

夔	U+5914, 夔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914

← 夓
[U+5913]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夕 →
[U+5915]

Translingual

Han character

夔 (radical 35, 夊+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱丷夒)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 245, character 28

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746

Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 872, character 3

Unihan data for U+5914

Chinese

simp. and trad.		夔

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (夔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
夔	*ɡrul
犪	ɡrul, njiwʔ
躨	*ɡrul

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”) (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007). Schuessler also considered Late Han 犩 (ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
  - Wade–Giles: k'uei²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴
  - Yale: kwàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiuɪ/▼

Rime
Character	夔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	渠追切
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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/

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

Definitions

夔

the Kui

Usage notes

Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Wikipedia.

Compounds

一夔已足
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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki), ぎ (gi)

Korean

Hanja

夔 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夔 (quỳ)

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