䖯

䖯 U+45AF, 䖯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-45AF ← 䖮 [U+45AE] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䖰 → [U+45B0]

Translingual

Han character

䖯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土中一戈 (GGLMI), composition ⿱圭虫)

1. poisonous insect
2. (same as 奎) one of the 28 constellations which ancient Chinese astrologers believed to control the literary trends of the world
3. (same as 蛙) frog

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2847, character 4
• Unihan data for U+45AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䖯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì, kuí, wā (gui⁴, kui², wa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄟˊ, ㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui¹, kwaai¹

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• 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): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²
    • Yale: kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wa
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹
    • Yale: wā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
    • Palladius: ва (va)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui¹, kwaai¹
    • Yale: fūi, kwāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui¹, kwaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui¹, kuai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯⁵⁵/, /kʷʰaːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khwej

Rime
Character	䖯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦圭切
Baxter	khwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰuei/
Wang Li	/kʰiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai1

Definitions

䖯

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