劌

See also: 刿

劌 U+528C, 劌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528C ← 劋 [U+528B] CJK Unified Ideographs 劍 → [U+528D]

Translingual

Han character

劌 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹中弓 (YHLN), four-corner 1220₀, composition ⿰歲刂)

1. to cut, injure, stab, stick on

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2227
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 357, character 13
• Unihan data for U+528C

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
噦	*qʰʷaːds, *qʷrad, *qʷad
翽	*qʰʷaːds
鐬	*qʰʷaːds
濊	*qʰʷaːds, *qʷaːds, *qʷads, *qʰʷaːd
歲	*sqʰʷads, *sqʰʷad
劌	*kʷrads
顪	*qʰʷads
穢	*qʷads
薉	*qʷads
獩	*qʷads
饖	*qʷads
奯	*qʰʷaːd

Pronunciation 1

trad.		劌
simp.		刿

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kùi / kuih / kòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai³
    • Yale: gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi
    • Tâi-lô: kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih
    • Tâi-lô: kuih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiq
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kuiʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/

Note:

• kùi/kuih - vernacular;
• kòe - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: kjwejH

Rime
Character	劌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居衛切
Baxter	kjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚieiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiajH/
Li Rong	/kjuɛiH/
Wang Li	/kĭwɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.qʷ](r)a[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷrads/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.qʷ](r)a[t]-s/
English	to wound, damage
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	劌
Reading #	1/1
No.	12166
Phonetic component	歲
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʷrads/

Definitions

劌

1. (literary) to stab; to cut
   1. (Hokkien) to be cut, hooked, or scratched by a sharp object (such as a nail)

      衫予釘仔劌破去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      衫予钉仔刿破去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

      Sam hō͘ teng-á kuì phòa-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

      The clothes are cut by an iron nail.

Compounds

• 劌痧／刿痧

 

Pronunciation 2

trad.		劌
simp.		刿
alternative forms		揆 (koe̍h) Zhangzhou Hokkien 撅 (“to rub against”) Zhangzhou Hokkien

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kuih / koeh / kòe / koe̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih
    • Tâi-lô: kuih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koeh
    • Tâi-lô: kueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kueʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

劌

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to rub against; to smear with (paste, etc.)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Classifier for a segment or section of something that is long: piece; segment; length

Synonyms

• (classifier): 段 (duàn), 截 (jié)

Pronunciation 3

trad.		劌
simp.		刿
alternative forms		刮 撅

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koeh / kuih

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koeh
    • Tâi-lô: kueh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kueʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih
    • Tâi-lô: kuih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuiq
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuiʔ³²/

Definitions

劌

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to wipe with a flat or long object
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to trip over a flat or long object

References

• “Entry #10995”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

劌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、け (ke)
• Kun: さく (saku)、はり (hari)、とげ (toge)、あう (au)

Korean

Hanja

劌 (eum 귀 (gwi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

劌: Hán Nôm readings: quế

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References

• Nom Foundation