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潰

潰

See also: 溃

Translingual

Han character

潰 (radical 85 水+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水中一金 (ELMC), four-corner 35186)

References

  • KangXi: page 650, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18281
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1061, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1741, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6F70

Chinese

trad. 潰
simp. 溃

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藬 *l'uːl
僓 *l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹 *l'uːl
穨 *l'uːl
蘈 *l'uːl
隤 *l'uːl
墤 *l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵 *l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪 *l'uːl
瀢 *l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼 *kluːl, *ɡruls
膭 *kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒 *kluːds
靧 *ɡluːds
潰 *ɡluːls
繢 *ɡluːds
嬇 *ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨 *ɡluːds
闠 *ɡluːds
簣 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳 *kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢 *kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵 *ŋɡruːds
樻 *kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡 *kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱 *ɡruds
臾 *ɡruds, *lo
饋 *ɡruls
櫃 *ɡruds
遺 *lul, *luls
壝 *lul, *lulʔ
瞶 *luls, *kluls
貴 *kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡluːls) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 貴 ‎(OC *kluds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 潰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 胡對切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuoiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuᴀiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 潰
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwojH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡʷ]ˤ[ə]j-s/
English break through an embankment (of water)

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 潰
Reading # 1/1
No. 4716
Phonetic
component		 貴
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 潰
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡluːls/

Definitions

潰

  1. (of a dike or dam) to break; to burst; to overflow
  2. to break through an encirclement
  3. to be utterly defeated; to be routed
  4. to decompose; to be destroyed
  5. to fester; to ulcerate

Compounds

  • 一觸即潰／一触即溃
  • 不戰而潰／不战而溃
  • 奔潰／奔溃 (bēnkuì)
  • 崩潰／崩溃 (bēngkuì)
  • 擊潰／击溃
  • 望風而潰／望风而溃
  • 決癰潰疽／决痈溃疽
  • 潰不成軍／溃不成军 (kuìbùchéngjūn)
  • 潰亂／溃乱
  • 潰盟／溃盟
  • 潰逃／溃逃
  • 群蟻潰堤／群蚁溃堤
  • 胃潰瘍／胃溃疡 (wèikuìyáng)
  • 蟻潰／蚁溃
  • 隄潰蟻孔／堤溃蚁孔
  • 魚潰鳥散／鱼溃鸟散
  • 鳥散魚潰／鸟散鱼溃
  • 鳥驚魚潰／鸟惊鱼溃

Japanese

Kanji

潰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 潰滅
  • 潰乱
  • 決潰
  • 全潰
  • 倒潰
  • 崩潰

Korean

Hanja

潰 • ‎(gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune-Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

潰 (hội, hói, hòi)

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