See also:
U+8667, 虧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8667

[U+8666]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8668]
虧 U+2F9B5, 虧
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9B5
虜
[U+2F9B4]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 虩
[U+2F9B6]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 141, +11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜土一一尸 (YGMMS), four-corner 21227, composition (GHTV) or (JK))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1075, character 42
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32770
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1544, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2830, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8667

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰʷral): phonetic (OC *qʰʷlaː) + semantic (exhale).

Etymology edit

“quecto-”
Phono-semantic matching of English quecto-. Coined by the China National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation on World Metrology Day in 2023 (20 May 2023).

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Harbin /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kʰuei²¹/
Jinan /kʰuei²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰue²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kʰuei²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰuei²¹/
Xining /kʰuɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kʰuei³¹/
Ürümqi /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kʰuei⁵⁵/
Kunming /kʰuei⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kʰuəi³¹/
Hefei /kʰue²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuei¹¹/
Pingyao /kʰuei¹³/
Hohhot /kʰuei³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰy⁵³/
/kʰue⁵³/
Suzhou /kʰue̞⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰui³³/
Wenzhou /kʰai³³/
Hui Shexian /kʰue³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰye¹¹/
/kʰue¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kʰuei³³/
Xiangtan /kʰuəi³³/
Gan Nanchang /kʰui⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kʰui⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kʰui²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰwɐi⁵³/
Nanning /kʰʷɐi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kʰwɐi⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰui⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰuoi⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰy⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰui³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xui²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (14)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter khjwe
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠiuᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰiuɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰjwiə̆/
Li
Rong
/kʰjue/
Wang
Li
/kʰǐwe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰwie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
kuī
Middle
Chinese
‹ khjwe ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ʷʰ(r)aj/
English diminish

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5278
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰʷral/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. to lose; to suffer losses
    一千一千  ―  kuī le yīqiān kuài qián  ―  to have lost 1000 yuan
  2. to be lacking; to be deficient
      ―  kuī  ―  to be in the wrong
  3. to treat unfairly
  4. luckily; it is fortunate that; thanks to
  5. used to show irony with a note of reproach
  6. (Cantonese) weak; unhealthy
    有冇 [Cantonese, trad.]
    有冇 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jau5 mou5 gam3 kwai1 aa3, haang4 loeng5 bou6 lou6 zau6 cyun2 saai3 hei3. [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. (Cantonese) not very functional; easy to break
    電腦 [Cantonese, trad.]
    电脑 [Cantonese, simp.]
    bou6 din6 nou5 kwai1 kwai1 dei2 ge2. [Jyutping]
    The computer is not functioning well.
  8. [from 2022] (Mainland China) quecto- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: (Taiwan)

Synonyms edit

  • (to lose):
  • (to be lacking):
  • (to treat unfairly):
  • (luckily):

Antonyms edit

  • (to lose): (literary, or in compounds) (yíng)
  • (to treat unfairly):

Compounds edit

See also edit

SI prefix
Last
// //

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. wane (moon)

Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): (ki)
  • Kun: かける (kakeru)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(hyu) (hangeul , revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

  1. lose, fail
  2. damage
  3. deficient

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: khuy, khuya, khuây

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