䯤

䯤 U+4BE4, 䯤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4BE4 ← 䯣 [U+4BE3] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䯥 → [U+4BE5]

Translingual

Han character

䯤 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+13, 23 strokes, composition ⿰骨會)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1450, character 61
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4420, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4BE4

Chinese

trad.		䯤
simp.		𩩈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • Palladius: куай (kuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kui²
    • Yale: kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH

Rime
Character	䯤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古外切
Baxter	kwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3

Definitions

䯤

1. boneware used to comb one's hair
2. to bind the hair
3. (same as 鬠) hair tied in a knot for the mourning rites