盔

盔

盔 U+76D4, 盔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76D4 ← 盓 [U+76D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 盕 → [U+76D5]

Translingual

Han character

盔 (radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大火月廿 (KFBT), four-corner 4010₇, composition ⿱灰皿)

Derived characters

• 𨫿

References

• KangXi: page 794, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22992
• Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2562, character 2
• Unihan data for U+76D4

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		盔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (灰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
脄	*mɯːs, *mɯː
盔	*km̥ʰɯː
詼	*km̥ʰlɯː
恢	*km̥ʰɯː
灰	*hmɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uei¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe
    • Tâi-lô: khue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰuʌi/▼

Rime
Character	盔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦回切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəj/
Li Rong	/kʰuᴀi/
Wang Li	/kʰuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*km̥ʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5411
Phonetic component	灰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恢
Old Chinese	/*km̥ʰɯː/
Notes	古稱鍪

Definitions

盔

1. helmet
2. bowl; basin

Compounds

丟盔卸甲／丢盔卸甲 丟盔撩甲／丢盔撩甲 丟盔棄甲／丢盔弃甲 帽盔

盔子 盔甲 (kuījiǎ) 盔頭／盔头

鋼盔／钢盔 (gāngkuī) 鍋盔／锅盔 (guōkuī) 頭盔／头盔 (tóukuī)

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Japanese

Kanji

盔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. helmet
2. bowl; basin

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke)
• Kun: かぶと (kabuto, 盔)

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Korean

Hanja

盔 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盔 (khôi)

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