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Translingual

Han character

(radical 96 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹山戈 (MGHUI), four-corner 16113)

  1. extraordinary, fabulous
  2. rose

References

  • KangXi: page 739, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21164
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1127, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+7470

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tkuːlʔ, *krul
*kuːl, *ɡuːl
*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
*kuːl
*kʰuːl
*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
*ŋɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
*ɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːlʔ
*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
*ɡuːls, *krul
*ɡruːl
*krul, *kruls, *kul
*kruls
媿 *kruls
*kruls
*ɡruls
*kulʔ
*ŋɡuls
*ŋul
*ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (28)
Final () (42) (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦuʌi/ /kuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦuoi/ /kuoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɒi/ /kuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwəj/ /kwəj/
Li
Rong
/ɣuᴀi/ /kuᴀi/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɒi/ /kuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣuɑ̆i/ /kuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huí guī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guī
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˤuj/
English kind of precious stone

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 4660 4671
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kuːl/ /*ɡuːl/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 奇文瑰句
  • 奇節瑰行奇节瑰行
  • 玫瑰 (méigui)
  • 玫瑰紅玫瑰红
  • 玫瑰花 (méiguīhuā)
  • 瑰儒
  • 瑰奇
  • 瑰姿
  • 瑰寶瑰宝 (guībǎo)
  • 瑰岸
  • 瑰怪
  • 瑰意琦行
  • 瑰瑋瑰玮
  • 瑰異瑰异
  • 瑰禽怪獸瑰禽怪兽
  • 瑰詭瑰诡
  • 瑰逸
  • 瑰邁瑰迈
  • 瑰麗瑰丽 (guīlì)
  • 瓊瑰琼瑰
  • 節行瑰奇节行瑰奇
  • 迷你玫瑰

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(goe) (hangeul , revised goe, McCune-Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(côi, khôi)

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