喟

喟

喟 U+559F, 喟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-559F ← 喞 [U+559E] CJK Unified Ideographs 喠 → [U+55A0]

Translingual

Han character

喟 (radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田月 (RWB), four-corner 6602₇, composition ⿰口胃)

1. heave a sigh, to sigh

References

• KangXi: page 199, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3963
• Dae Jaweon: page 421, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 654, character 3
• Unihan data for U+559F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		喟
variant forms		𠷝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (胃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
喟	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
胃	*ɢuds
謂	*ɢuds
媦	*ɢuds
蝟	*ɢuds
渭	*ɢuds
煟	*ɢuds
緭	*ɢuds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai², wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai², wai⁶
    • Yale: wái, waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai², wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei², wei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiuɪ^H/, /kʰˠuɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	丘愧切	苦怪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪH/	/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiH/	/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɪH/	/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwiH/	/kʰwəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kʰjuiH/	/kʰuɛiH/
Wang Li	/kʰwiH/	/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwiH/	/kʰwăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuì	kuài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷʰˤrə[t]-s/, /*[k]ʷʰrə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/, /*kʰruds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuì	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ khwɛjH ›	‹ khwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷʰˁrə[t]-s/	/*[k]ʷʰrə[t]-s/
English	sigh	sigh
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	喟	喟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12940	12941
Phonetic component	胃	胃
Rime group	隊	隊
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯	喟
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/	/*kʰruds/

Definitions

喟

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Compounds

慷喟

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Japanese

Kanji

喟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sigh

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: なげく (nageku, 喟く); ためいき (tameiki, 喟)

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Korean

Hanja

喟 • (wi, goe) (hangeul 위, 괴, revised wi, goe, McCune–Reischauer wi, koe, Yale wi, koy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喟 (vị)

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