跬

跬	U+8DEC, 跬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DEC

← 跫
[U+8DEB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

跭 →
[U+8DED]

Translingual

Han character

跬 (radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土 (RMGG), four-corner 6411₄, composition ⿰𧾷圭)

References

KangXi: page 1225, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37520

Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3700, character 1

Unihan data for U+8DEC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷeʔ) : semantic 足 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		跬
variant forms		蹞䞨𨇪𨆆

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: k'uei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai²
  - Yale: kwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiuᴇ^X/▼

Rime
Character	跬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	丘弭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kʰjue^X/
Wang Li	/kʰǐwe^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǐ

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4595
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跬
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷeʔ/
Notes	切語原混同開口企組，切韻作去弭，集韻改犬橤切。說文本從走

Definitions

跬

step
Synonyms: 步 (bù)

Compounds

跬步
跬步不離／跬步不离

跬步千里

跬譽／跬誉

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		跬

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

跬

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Japanese

Kanji

跬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

to step
stride equal to half a pace

Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki), かい (kai), け (ke)

Kun: ひとあし (hitoashi)

Korean

Hanja

跬 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

half a step
few
near