U+73EA, 珪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73EA

[U+73E9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+73EB]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 96, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土土土 (MGGG), four-corner 14114, composition𤣩)

  1. jade tablet conferred upon feudal princes by the emperor as a symbol of dignity and authority

References

  • KangXi: page 731, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20972
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1109, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+73EA

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Jyutping gwai1, Yale gwai1)

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

  • 珪璋 (けいしょう) (keishō)
  • 珪璧 (けいへき) (keiheki)
  • 玄珪 (げんけい) (genkei)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
けい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

/kʷei//kei/

From Middle Chinese (MC kwei).

The "silicon" sense is an extension of the "authority symbol" sense. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Affix

(hiragana けい, rōmaji kei)

  1. (historical) jade tablet conferred upon princes as a symbol of authority
  2. silicon

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja

(gyu) (hangeul , revised gyu, McCuneReischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

(Pinyin guī (gui1), Wade-Giles kuei1)

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