欈

欈

欈 U+6B08, 欈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B08 ← 欇 [U+6B07] CJK Unified Ideographs 欉 → [U+6B09]

Translingual

Han character

欈 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 木山人月 (DUOB), four-corner 4292₇, composition ⿰木巂)

References

• KangXi: page 563, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15924
• Dae Jaweon: page 951, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1323, character 10
• Unihan data for U+6B08

---

Chinese

trad.		欈
simp. #		欈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孈	*ɢʷeʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *qʰʷes, *ɢʷiʔ
纗	*ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː, *sqʷe, *ɢʷes
攜	*ɡʷeː
蠵	*ɡʷeː, *ɢʷe
鑴	*ɡʷeː, *qʰʷe
驨	*ɡʷeː
酅	*ɡʷeː
雟	*ɡʷeː
讗	*ɡʷeː, *kʷreːɡ
觽	*ɡʷeː
儶	*ɡʷeːs
觿	*qʰʷe
欈	*ɢʷe
瓗	*ɢʷes
携	*ɡʷleː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴
    • Yale: wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: /jiuᴇ/

Rime
Character	欈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	悅吹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiuᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/jʷiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/juɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jwiə̆/
Li Rong	/iue/
Wang Li	/jǐwe/
Bernard Karlgren	/wie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欈
Reading #	1/1
No.	4635
Phonetic component	巂
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䔺
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷe/

Definitions

欈

1. (obsolete) name of a tree

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 欈 – see 檇 (“wooden rammer or pestle; ancient place in modern-day Zhejiang province”). (This character, 欈, is a variant form of 檇.)