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圭

圭

圭 U+572D, 圭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-572D
← 圬
[U+572C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圮 →
[U+572E]
See also: 丰

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

圭 (radical 32 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土土 (GG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿱土土)

  1. jade pointed at top
  2. jade tablet used by officials in ancient China when addressing the emperor in court

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 224, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4887
  • Dae Jaweon: page 456, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 418, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+572D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 圭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Pictogram (象形) : 土 + 土 – stack of (clay, jade) tablets.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 圭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古攜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛj/
Li
Rong		 /kuei/
Wang
Li		 /kiwei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 圭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷˤe/
English jade scepter

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 圭
Reading # 1/1
No. 4569
Phonetic
component		 圭
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 圭
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷeː/

Definitions

圭

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Compounds

  • 一刀圭
  • 不見圭角／不见圭角
  • 不露圭角
  • 介圭
  • 刀圭 (dāoguī)
  • 圭亞那 ／圭亚那 (Guīyànà)
  • 圭玉
  • 圭璋
  • 圭璧
  • 圭窬
  • 圭竇／圭窦
  • 圭臬 (guīniè)
  • 圭蓽／圭荜
  • 圭表 (guībiǎo)
  • 圭角
  • 圭門／圭门
  • 奉為圭臬／奉为圭臬
  • 巴拉圭 (Bālāguī)
  • 巴拉圭河
  • 日圭
  • 析圭分土
  • 析圭擔爵／析圭担爵
  • 烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)
  • 琬圭
  • 琰圭
  • 瑱圭
  • 白圭
  • 白圭之玷
  • 穀圭／谷圭
  • 篳門圭窬／筚门圭窬
  • 篳門圭竇／筚门圭窦
  • 蓽門圭竇／荜门圭窦
  • 躬圭
  • 鎮圭／镇圭

Japanese

Kanji

圭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Proper noun

圭 ‎(hiragana けい, romaji Kei)

  1. A unisex given name

Korean

Hanja

圭 • ‎(gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune-Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圭 (quê, khoai, khuê, que)

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