夬

夬	U+592C, 夬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-592C

← 夫
[U+592B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夭 →
[U+592D]

Translingual

Han character

夬 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 木大 (DK), four-corner 5003₇, composition ⿻𠃍大 or ⿻ユ人)

parted
fork
certain
43rd hexagram of the I Ching

References

KangXi: page 249, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5836

Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 11

Unihan data for U+592C

Derived characters

决, 抉, 訣 (诀), 缺 (蒛), 袂, 玦, 䏐, 赽, 趹, 蚗, 駃 (𫘝), 觖, 芵, 鴃, 鈌, 鴂, 妜, 砄, 刔, 疦, 㭈, 炔, 快, 㹟, 䦼, 吷, 块, 決, 𢁪, 𢎹, 𨑣, 䀗, 䆕, 𤰮, 𤱉, 𥁍, 𥝭, 𫛞, 䊽, 𠜵, 𧖫, 䦑, 𡙇, 䫼, 𦑗, 𡙖, 𡥹, 𤱾, 𨾕, 𩂃, 𩚟, 𪩺

Chinese

trad.		夬
simp. ^#		夬
alternative forms		叏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	kʰʷraːds, kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	kʰʷeds, kʷeːd
缺	kʰʷed, kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	qʷed, qʷeːd
決	kʷeːd, qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	kʷeːd, qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	kʷeːd, qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Etymology 1

Hexagram 43, formed of ☱ over ☰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guài (guai⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai², gwaai³
Min Nan (POJ): koái / koat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guài
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴
  - Yale: gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
  - Palladius: гуай (guaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaai², gwaai³
  - Yale: gwáai, gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai², gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai², guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵/, /kʷaːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái / koat
  - Tâi-lô: kuái / kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koae, koad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴/, /kuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴¹/, /kuat̚³²/

Middle Chinese: /kˠuai^H/

Rime
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古賣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/kuai^H/
Wang Li	/kwæi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤret-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guài
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁret-s/
English	divide, make a breach
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	夬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4406
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	卦
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːds/
Notes	本抉指初文

Definitions

夬

resolute
43rd hexagram of the I Ching

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 決 (“to dredge; to dig; to burst; to break; to breach; etc.”). (This character, 夬, is a variant form of 決.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 缺 (“incomplete; uncompleted; deficient; imperfect; flawed; etc.”). (This character, 夬, is the second-round simplified and variant form of 缺.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

夬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: け (ke); けち (kechi)

Kan-on: かい (kai); けつ (ketsu)

Kun: わける (wakeru, 夬ける); きめる (kimeru); ゆがけ (yugake)

Korean

Hanja

夬 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune–Reischauer k'wae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夬: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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References

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