劊

See also: 刽

劊 U+528A, 劊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528A ← 劉 [U+5289] CJK Unified Ideographs 劋 → [U+528B]

Translingual

Han character

劊 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人日中弓 (OALN), four-corner 8260₀, composition ⿰會刂)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2225
• Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 359, character 1
• Unihan data for U+528A

Chinese

trad.		劊
simp.		刽

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): guì, kuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kui²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): koi¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khòai
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kòe / kùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • 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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: koi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰᵘɔi³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khòai
    • Hakka Romanization System: kuai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kuai²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
    • Tâi-lô: kuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi
    • Tâi-lô: kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwajH, kwat

Rime
Character	劊	劊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古外切	古活切
Baxter	kwajH	kwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuɑiH/	/kuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑiH/	/kʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑiH/	/kuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwajH/	/kwat̚/
Li Rong	/kuɑiH/	/kuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/kuɑiH/	/kuɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuɑiH/	/kuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì	guo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui3	gut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/, /*koːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劊	劊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5505	5520
Phonetic component	會	會
Rime group	蓋	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	儈	括
Old Chinese	/*koːbs/	/*koːd/

Definitions

劊

1. (literary) to sever; to cut off; to chop off
2. ^† to cut open

Compounds

• 劊伍／刽伍
• 劊子／刽子
• 劊子手／刽子手 (guìzishǒu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

劊

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 刽)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); け (ke); かつ (katsu)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu)

Korean

Hanja

劊 • (hoe, goe) (hangeul 회, 괴, revised hoe, goe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, koe)

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