觿

觿

觿 U+89FF, 觿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89FF ← 觾 [U+89FE] CJK Unified Ideographs 言 → [U+8A00]

Translingual

Han character

觿 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+18, 25 strokes, cangjie input 弓月山人月 (NBUOB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿰角巂)

References

• KangXi: page 1145, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35198
• Dae Jaweon: page 1612, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3935, character 4
• Unihan data for U+89FF

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Chinese

trad.		觿
simp. #		觿
alternative forms		觽

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰʷe) : semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 巂 ()

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴, fai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴, fai¹
    • Yale: kwàih, fāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴, fai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴, fei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /fɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hiuᴇ/, /ɦwei/

Rime
Character	觿	觿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	許規切	戸圭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇ/	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛ/	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɛ/	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwiə̆/	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/xiue/	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/xǐwe/	/ɣiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯/	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷe/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	觿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwie ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰe/
English	spike of horn or bone for opening knots
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	觿
Reading #	1/1
No.	4631
Phonetic component	巂
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隓
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷe/

Definitions

觿

1. (historical) tool made of bone or jade used to untie knots

Compounds

佩觿 大觿 小觿 玉觿

觜觿 觿年 觿解 觿辰

觿歲／觿岁 觿礪／觿砺 金斷觿決／金断觿决 韘觿／𱂊觿

References

• “觿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

觿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a type bodkin (small knife) usually made of ivory or bone
2. gouge, prise open[1]

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); え (e); すい (sui); き (ki)
• Kun: くじり (kujiri); つのぎり (tsunogiri)

References

1. “抉・挑・觿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN