垓

垓

See also: 陔

垓 U+5793, 垓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5793 ← 垒 [U+5792] CJK Unified Ideographs 垔 → [U+5794]

Translingual

Han character

垓 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土卜女人 (GYVO), four-corner 4018₂, composition ⿰土亥)

References

• KangXi: page 227, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5040
• Dae Jaweon: page 463, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 441, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5793

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		垓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	*kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄	*kɯː, *krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāi (gai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gai
    • Wade–Giles: kai¹
    • Yale: gāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gai
    • Palladius: гай (gaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi¹
    • Yale: gōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʌi/

Rime
Character	垓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古哀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kəi/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəj/
Li Rong	/kᴀi/
Wang Li	/kɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	goi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	垓
Reading #	1/1
No.	4804
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	該
Old Chinese	/*kɯː/

Definitions

垓

1. border; boundary
2. (mathematics) 10²⁰

Compounds

九垓 八垓 半垓 垓下

垓下歌 垓前 垓埏 垓心 (gāixīn)

垓極／垓极 大會垓／大会垓 鬧垓垓／闹垓垓

See also

Chinese numerals
104	108	1012	1016	1020	1024	1028	1032	1036	1040	1044	1048
萬／万 (wàn)	億／亿 (yì)	兆 (zhào) (Taiwan)	京 (jīng) (Taiwan)	垓 (gāi)	秭 (zǐ)	穰 (ráng)	溝／沟 (gōu)	澗／涧 (jiàn)	正 (zhèng)	載／载 (zài)	極／极 (jí)
		萬億／万亿 (wànyì) (Mainland China)	億億/亿亿 (Mainland China)

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Japanese

Kanji

垓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. border
2. boundary
3. staircase
4. hundred quintillion

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: はて (hate)

Numeral

垓(がい) • (gai) 

1. A number of 10²⁰ in modern Japanese since 17th century.

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Korean

Hanja

垓 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae)

1. border, boundary, frontier

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Vietnamese

Han character

垓: Hán Nôm readings: cai, gay, gây

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