獪

See also: 狯 and 猾

獪 U+736A, 獪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736A ← 獩 [U+7369] CJK Unified Ideographs 獫 → [U+736B]

Translingual

Han character

獪 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人一日 (KHOMA), four-corner 4826₆, composition ⿰犭會)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 719, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20929
• Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1373, character 6
• Unihan data for U+736A

Chinese

trad.		獪
simp.		狯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
譮	*qʰruːbs
會	*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
儈	*koːbs
膾	*koːbs
鱠	*koːbs
襘	*koːbs
禬	*koːbs, *ɡoːbs
檜	*koːbs, *koːd
旝	*koːbs
澮	*koːbs
鄶	*koːbs
廥	*koːbs
鬠	*koːbs, *ɡoːd
劊	*koːbs, *koːd
獪	*koːbs, *kroːbs
繪	*ɡoːbs
懀	*qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs
薈	*qoːbs
嬒	*qoːbs, *qoːd
瞺	*qoːbs
噲	*kʰroːbs
璯	*kʰroːbs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • Palladius: куай (kuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kui²
    • Yale: kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH, kwaejH

Rime
Character	獪	獪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古外切	古賣切
Baxter	kwajH	kwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/	/kˠuaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/	/kʷᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/	/kuaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/	/kwaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/	/kuaiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/	/kwæiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/	/kwaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3	gwaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/, /*kroːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獪	獪
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5506	5514
Phonetic component	會	會
Rime group	蓋	蓋
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈	卦
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*kroːbs/

Definitions

獪

1. (literary) sly; cunning; crafty

Compounds

• 狙獪／狙狯
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài)

 

Japanese

Kanji

獪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. crafty

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)^{←くわい (kwai, historical)}
• Kun: わるがしこ (warugashiko)

Compounds

• 獪(かい)猾(かつ) (kaikatsu)
• 猾(かっ)獪(かい) (kakkai)
• 黠(かっ)獪(かい) (kakkai)
• 狡(こう)獪(かい) (kōkai)
• 貪(たん)獪(かい) (tankai)
• 老(ろう)獪(かい) (rōkai)

 

Korean

Hanja

獪 • (hoe, kwae) (hangeul 회, 쾌, revised hoe, kwae, McCune–Reischauer hoe, k'wae, Yale hoy, khway)

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