圭

See also: 丰

圭	U+572D, 圭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-572D

← 圬
[U+572C]

CJK Unified Ideographs

圮 →
[U+572E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

佳烓桂硅袿蛙鞋眭封街厓胿奎

References

KangXi: page 224, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4887

Dae Jaweon: page 456, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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. Duplication of 土.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guī (gui¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kui
Min Dong (BUC): giĕ
Min Nan (POJ): ke / kui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guei
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹
  - Yale: gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹
  - Yale: gwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui
  - Hakka Romanization System: gui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke / kui
  - Tâi-lô: ke / kui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kef, kuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/, /kui³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴/, /kui⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kwei/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤe/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	圭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guī
Middle Chinese	‹ kwej ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁe/
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

jade pointed at top
(historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
See also: 珪
(historical) gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
a surname

Compounds

一刀圭
不露圭角
介圭
刀圭 (dāoguī)
圭玉
圭璋 (guīzhāng)
圭璧
圭窬
圭臬 (guīniè)
圭表 (guībiǎo)
圭角 (guījiǎo)
巴拉圭 (Bālāguī)

巴拉圭河
日圭
析圭分土
琬圭
琰圭
瑱圭
白圭
白圭之玷
躬圭
不見圭角／不见圭角
圭亞那／圭亚那 (Guīyànà)

圭竇／圭窦
圭蓽／圭荜
圭門／圭门
奉為圭臬／奉为圭臬 (fèngwéiguīniè)
析圭擔爵／析圭担爵
烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)
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
鎮圭／镇圭

Japanese

Kanji

圭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

square jewel
corner
angle
edge

Readings

Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)}^{←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)}^{←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
Kun: かど (kado, 圭); はしは (hashiha, 圭)
Nanori: か (ka); かど (kado); きよ (kiyo); きよし (kiyoshi); たま (tama); ます (masu); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

圭(けい)角(かく) (keikaku)
圭(けい)冠(かん) (keikan)
圭(けい)臬(げつ) (keigetsu)
圭(けい)撮(さつ) (keisatsu)
圭(けい)算(さん) (keisan) (卦(けい)算(さん))
圭(けい)瓚(さん) (keisan)
圭(けい)勺(しゃく) (keishaku)
圭(けい)璋(しょう) (keishō) (珪(けい)璋(しょう))
圭(けい)田(でん) (keiden)
圭(けい)復(ふく) (keifuku)
圭(けい)窬(ゆ) (keiyu)
琬(えん)圭(けい) (enkei)
玉(ぎょく)圭(けい) (gyokukei)
瑱(ちん)圭(けい), 鎮(ちん)圭(けい) (chinkei)
刀(とう)圭(けい) (tōkei)
土(ど)圭(けい) (dokei)
白(はっ)圭(けい) (hakkei) (白(はっ)珪(けい))

Proper noun

圭(けい) • (Kei)

a unisex given name

Korean

Hanja

圭 (eum 규 (gyu))

jade pointed at top

Vietnamese

Han character

圭: Hán Nôm readings: quê, khoai, khuê, que

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