尯

尯

尯 U+5C2F, 尯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C2F ← 尮 [U+5C2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 尰 → [U+5C30]

Translingual

Han character

尯 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大山弓一山 (KUNMU), composition ⿺尢危)

Further reading

• KangXi: page 298, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7574
• Dae Jaweon: page 593, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 554, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C2F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		尯
alternative forms		𡯵 𣧼 𥎾

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 尢 (“lame”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai³
    • Yale: kwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiuɪ^H/

Rime
Character	尯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘愧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwiH/
Li Rong	/kʰjuiH/
Wang Li	/kʰwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai3

Definitions

尯

1. tired
2. lame; crippled

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei³
    • Yale: kwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰweɪ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

尯

1. to cut off one's feet (as punishment)

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List, p. 98

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Japanese

Kanji

尯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: うむ (umu); ちんば (chinba); あしなえ (ashinae)

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Korean

Hanja

尯 (eumhun 고달플 귀 (godalpeul gwi))
尯 (eumhun 고달플 위 (godalpeul wi))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 尯