丐

See also: 丏

丐 U+4E10, 丐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E10 ← 丏 [U+4E0F] CJK Unified Ideographs 丑 → [U+4E11]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

丐 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一卜女尸 (MYVS), four-corner 1020₇)

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 77, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 10, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E10

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		丐
alt. forms		匄 匃 𠣏 𠣣

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 丐
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script
Small seal script s09438
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丐) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
丐	*kaːds, *kaːd
匄	*kaːds

Corruption of 匄.

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gài (gai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koi³, goi³
• Min Dong (BUC): gái
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kài / kat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gai³

• Wu (Wiktionary): ke (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
    • IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: koi³, goi³
    • Yale: koi, goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi³, goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: koi³, goi³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³/, /kɔːi̯³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gái
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑi²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
    • Tâi-lô: kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kaɪ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kat
    • Tâi-lô: kat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kài
    • IPA ^(key): /kai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ke (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ke̞³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɑi^H/▼

Rime
Character	丐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古太切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kajH/
Li Rong	/kɑiH/
Wang Li	/kɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːds/, /*kaːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丐	丐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3562	3564
Phonetic component	丐	丐
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	蓋	葛
Old Chinese	/*kaːds/	/*kaːd/
Notes	同匃，俗訛變	原作匃，此依說文

DefinitionsEdit

丐

1. ^† to beg for alms
2. ^† to give
3. beggar
4. A surname​.

CompoundsEdit

• 丐幫／丐帮 (gàibāng)
• 丐食

• 乞丐 (qǐgài)
• 乞丐趕廟公／乞丐赶庙公

• 沾丐

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

丐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beggar
2. beg
3. give

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: かい (kai); かち (kachi)
• Kan’on: かい (kai); かつ (katsu)
• Kan’yōon: がい (gai)
• Kun: こう (kou, 丐う)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}; あたえる (ataeru, 丐える)^{←あたへる (ataferu, historical)}

ReferencesEdit

JIS: 5022 Kuten: 4802 Shift JIS: 98A0, Unicode 4E10 EUC-JP: D0A2 Frequency: not ranked Nelson: 11

New Nelson: 11 Halpern: not listed Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: - Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2m2.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

丐 • (gal, gae) (hangeul 갈, 개, revised gal, gae, McCune-Reischauer kal, kae)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

丐 (cái, gái)

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation