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U+9B41, 魁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B41

[U+9B40]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9B42]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 194, +4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈卜十 (HIYJ), four-corner 24210, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45785
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1994, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4429, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9B41

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰuːl) : phonetic (OC *kulʔ) + semantic (ladle) – soup ladle.

Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to (OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" > "great"?”

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwəj/
Li
Rong
/kʰuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/kʰuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fui1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuí kuí kuí
Middle
Chinese
‹ khwoj › ‹ khwoj › ‹ khwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kʰ]ˁuj/ /*[kʰ]ˁuj/ /*[kʰ]ˁuj/
English great; principal; chief spoon mound

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4663
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰuːl/

Definitions

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  1. first; leading; best
  2. chief; leader; head
  3. tall and big; imposing; stalwart
  4. outstanding; prominent; exceptional
  5. (literary) soup ladle; dipper; spoon
  6. (literary, astronomy) Dubhe (the first star in the Big Dipper, farthest from the handle)
    1. (literary, astronomy) the four stars comprising the bowl of the Big Dipper
  7. (obsolete) mound; small hill
  8. (obsolete) blood clam
  9. a surname

Compounds

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References

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (kuài, alone; solitary)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien) Used in 魁頭魁头 (khe-thâu).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. One who charges ahead of others
  2. leader, forerunner

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)くわい (kwai, historical)
  • Kun: かしら (kashira, )さきがけ (sakigake, )

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (goe))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: khôi

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