佹

佹

佹 U+4F79, 佹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F79 ← 佸 [U+4F78] CJK Unified Ideographs 佺 → [U+4F7A]

Translingual

Han character

佹 (radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一山 (ONMU), four-corner 2721₂, composition ⿰亻危)

1. depend upon
2. support
3. go against

References

• KangXi: page 100, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 566
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 151, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F79

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		佹

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (危) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	*ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ
頠	*ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	*krolʔ, *krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	*krolʔ, *ŋrol
姽	*krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	*kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ (gui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiuᴇ^X/▼

Rime
Character	佹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	過委切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kjueX/
Wang Li	/kǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佹
Reading #	1/1
No.	12777
Phonetic component	危
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	詭
Old Chinese	/*krolʔ/

Definitions

佹

1. (literary) to deviate
2. ^† to be piled up
3. (literary) Alternative form of 詭／诡 (guǐ, “strange; deceitful”).

Compounds

佹侘 佹僪 佹常 佹形僪狀／佹形僪状

佹瑣／佹琐 佹異／佹异 佹詩／佹诗 佹誕／佹诞

佹辭／佹辞 佹辯／佹辩 欐僪

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐ, guī (gui³, gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ, ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai²
    • Yale: gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Definitions

佹

1. ^† almost; nearly
2. (literary, in the 佹...佹... construction) now …, now …

Compounds

佹佹

佹得

佹得佹失

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Japanese

Kanji

佹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. depend upon
2. support
3. go against

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: かさなる (kasanaru), よる (yoru), もとる (motoru), ささえる (sasaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

佹 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe)

1. strange
2. deceive
3. go against