跪

跪	U+8DEA, 跪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DEA

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[U+8DE9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+8DEB]

Translingual

Han character

跪 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一弓一山 (RMNMU), four-corner 6711₂, composition ⿰𧾷危)

References

KangXi: page 1225, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37516

Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 29

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3704, character 3

Unihan data for U+8DEA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		跪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鮠	*ŋuːl
峞	ŋuːl, ŋuːlʔ
頠	ŋuːlʔ, ŋrolʔ
詭	*krolʔ
垝	krolʔ, krols
陒	*krolʔ
觤	*krolʔ
恑	*krolʔ
蛫	*krolʔ
祪	*krolʔ
洈	krolʔ, ŋrol
姽	krolʔ, ŋrolʔ
桅	*krolʔ
佹	*krolʔ
跪	kʰrolʔ, ɡrolʔ
危	*ŋrol
峗	*ŋrol
硊	*ŋrolʔ
卼	*kʰruls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

Etymology

Perhaps connected with Proto-Vietic *t-kuːlʔ (> Vietnamese gối (“knee”)) (Schuessler, 2007). For the semantic relationship, compare English kneel. Also compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *koj (“bend; curved; lap; bosom”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gwai⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): gei⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): kui³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khúi
(Meixian, Guangdong): kui³
Jin (Wiktionary): kui³
Min Bei (KCR): gṳ̄
Min Dong (BUC): gôi
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kǔi / kūi
(Teochew, Peng'im): guin⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): jjy (T3); gue (T3)
Xiang (Wiktionary): kuei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
  - Yale: gwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
  - Palladius: гуй (guj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai⁶
  - Yale: gwaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khúi
  - Hakka Romanization System: kui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kui³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kui³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxuei⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gôi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔi
  - Tâi-lô: kuǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūi
  - Tâi-lô: kuī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guin⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŭiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jjy (T3); gue (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑy²³/, /ɡ̊ɯe̞²³/

Note:

3jjy - colloquial;
3gue - literary.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kuei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue̞i⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiuᴇ^X/, /ɡˠiuᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	跪	跪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去委切	渠委切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuᴇ^X/	/ɡˠiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiɛ^X/	/ɡʷᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɛ^X/	/ɡiuɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwiə̆^X/	/gjwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kʰjue^X/	/ɡjue^X/
Wang Li	/kʰǐwe^X/	/ɡǐwe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯^X/	/gwie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǐ	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai²	gwai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[g](r)ojʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰrolʔ/, /*ɡrolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	跪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwe^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[g](r)ojʔ/
English	kneel; foot
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	跪	跪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12779	12780
Phonetic component	危	危
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	跪	跪
Old Chinese	/*kʰrolʔ/	/*ɡrolʔ/

Definitions

跪

to kneel
^† foot
(figuratively) to kowtow; to show obedience to

Compounds

三跪九叩 (sānguìjiǔkòu)
下跪 (xiàguì)
打了半跪
拜跪
跪下 (guìxià)
跪乳
跪伏 (guìfú)
跪低
跪倒 (guìdǎo)

跪坐
跪拜 (guìbài)
跪毯
跪求 (guìqiú)
跪池
跪爬
跪舔 (guìtiǎn)
跪起

單跪／单跪
打搶跪／打抢跪
罰跪／罚跪
跪墊／跪垫
跪謝／跪谢 (guìxiè)
跪鎖子／跪锁子
跪門／跪门
長跪／长跪 (chángguì)

Japanese

Kanji

跪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)
Kun: ひざまずく (hizamazuku, 跪く)

Korean

Hanja

跪 (eum 궤 (gwe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

跪: Hán Nôm readings: quỵ

to kneel down; to fall on one's knees

Compounds

突跪 (đột quỵ)