䯤

䯤

䯤 U+4BE4, 䯤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4BE4 ← 䯣 [U+4BE3] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䯥 → [U+4BE5]

Translingual

Han character

䯤 (radical 188, 骨+13, 23 strokes, composition ⿰骨會)

References

• KangXi: page 1450, character 61
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4420, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4BE4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		䯤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰwaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui²
    • Yale: kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰuːy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	䯤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì

Definitions

䯤

1. boneware used to comb one's hair
2. to bind the hair
3. (same as 鬠) hair tied in a knot for the mourning rites