儈

See also: 侩

儈 U+5108, 儈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5108 ← 儇 [U+5107] CJK Unified Ideographs 儉 → [U+5109]

Translingual

Han character

儈 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人人一日 (OOMA), four-corner 2826₆, composition ⿰亻會)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1189
• Dae Jaweon: page 252, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 226, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5108

Chinese

trad.		儈
simp.		侩

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儈
Small seal script s05918
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 (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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kòe

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH

Rime
Character	儈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古外切
Baxter	kwajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儈
Reading #	1/1
No.	5494
Phonetic component	會
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/

Definitions

儈

1. go-between, broker, proxy

Compounds

• 女儈／女侩
• 市儈／市侩 (shìkuài)
• 書儈／书侩
• 賈儈／贾侩

 

Japanese

Kanji

儈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke)
• Kun: なかがい (nakagai)

Korean

Hanja

儈 (eum 괴 (goe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儈: Hán Nôm readings: cúi

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