蕢

蕢

See also: 蒉

蕢 U+8562, 蕢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8562 ← 蕡 [U+8561] CJK Unified Ideographs 蕣 → [U+8563]

Translingual

Han character

蕢 (radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一金 (TLMC), four-corner 4480₆, composition ⿱艹貴)

References

• KangXi: page 1058, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31989
• Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3291, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8562

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Chinese

trad.		蕢
simp.		蒉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì, kuài (kui⁴, kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: k'uai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai⁶
    • Yale: gwaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiuɪ^H/, /kʰˠuɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	蕢	蕢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III	II
Fanqie	求位切	苦怪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪH/	/kʰˠuɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiH/	/kʰʷᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪH/	/kʰuɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwiH/	/kʰwəɨjH/
Li Rong	/ɡjuiH/	/kʰuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ɡwiH/	/kʰwɐiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gwiH/	/kʰwăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	kuài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ruj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/, /*ɡruds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ gwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ruj-s/
English	basket
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	蕢	蕢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4727	4734
Phonetic component	貴	貴
Rime group	隊	隊
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯	匱
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/	/*ɡruds/
Notes		古作臾

Definitions

蕢

1. (literary) straw basket
2. A surname​.
3. edible amaranth

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Kanji

蕢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. edible amaranth
2. straw basket

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); き (ki); け (ke); ぎ (gi)
• Kun: あじか (ajika); つちくれ (tsuchikure, 蕢)