刲

刲 U+5232, 刲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5232 ← 刱 [U+5231] CJK Unified Ideographs 刳 → [U+5233]

Translingual

Han character

刲 (radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土土中弓 (GGLN), four-corner 4210₀, composition ⿰圭刂)

Derived characters

• 𣓇

References

• KangXi: page 138, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1955
• Dae Jaweon: page 315, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 332, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5232

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		刲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰwei/

Rime
Character	刲
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
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	kwai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刲
Reading #	1/1
No.	4583
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	睽
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷeː/

Definitions

刲

1. (literary) to cut; to slice off
2. (colloquial) to scratch an inch

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Japanese

Kanji

刲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); け (ke)
• Kun: さす (sasu, 刲す); さく (saku, 刲く); えぐる (eguru, 刲る); ころす (korosu, 刲す)

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Korean

Hanja

刲 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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