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Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手土土卜 (QGGY), four-corner 53000, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 438, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12267
  • Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1890, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+639B

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kreː, *kreː
*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
*kreː
*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː, *ŋre
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreː
*ŋreːs
*qreː
*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
*qreː, *qʷraː
*ɡeː, *kʷeː
*qeːns
*ɡʷraːʔ
*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
*qʷraː, *qʷreː
*qʷraː
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
*kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː
*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
*kʷeːs
*kʷeːs
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*kʰʷeː
*qʰʷeː
*ɡʷeː
*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
*kʰʷeʔ
*qʷes
*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kua⁵¹/
Harbin /kua⁵³/
Tianjin /kuɑ⁵³/
Jinan /kua²¹/
Qingdao /kua⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kua³¹²/
Xi'an /kua⁴⁴/
Xining /kua²¹³/
Yinchuan /kua¹³/
Lanzhou /kua¹³/
Ürümqi /kua²¹³/
Wuhan /kua³⁵/
Chengdu /kua¹³/
Guiyang /kua²¹³/
Kunming /kua̠²¹²/
Nanjing /kuɑ⁴⁴/
Hefei /kua⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kua⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kuɑ³⁵/
Hohhot /kua⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ko³⁵/
/kua³⁵/
Suzhou /ko⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /kuɑ⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ko⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kua³²⁴/
Tunxi /kuːə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kua⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kuɒ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kuɑ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kua⁵³/
Taoyuan /kuɑ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kwa³³/
Nanning /kʷa³³/
Hong Kong /kwa³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kua²¹/
/kui²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kuɑ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kua³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰua²¹³/
/kue²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kua³⁵/
/kɔi³⁵/
/kɔi³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (32)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwaɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kuɛH/
Wang
Li
/kwaiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guà
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 4558
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷreːs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to hang, to suspend
  2. suspense
  3. to fail an exam, to have a non-passing grade in a course
  4. to hang up, to terminate a phone call
  5. (humorous) to die

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. hang
  2. suspend
  3. depend
  4. arrive at
  5. tax
  6. pour

Readings

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja

(gwae) (hangeul )

  1. hang, suspend
  2. divide

Vietnamese

Han character

(quẩy, khoải, quảy, quai, quấy, quẫy, quải, quậy)

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