夬

夬 U+592C, 夬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-592C ← 夫 [U+592B] CJK Unified Ideographs 夭 → [U+592D]

Translingual

Han character

夬 (radical 37, 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 木大 (DK), four-corner 5003₇, composition ⿻𠃍大 or ⿻ユ人)

1. parted
2. fork
3. certain
4. 43rd hexagram of the I Ching

References

• KangXi: page 249, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5836
• Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 11
• Unihan data for U+592C

Derived characters

• 决, 抉, 訣 (诀), 缺 (蒛), 袂, 玦, 䏐, 赽, 趹, 蚗, 駃, 觖, 芵, 鴃, 鈌, 鴂, 妜, 砄, 刔, 疦, 㭈, 炔, 快, 㹟, 䦼, 吷, 块, 決, 𢁪, 𢎹, 𨑣, 𫘝, 䀗, 䆕, 𤰮, 𤱉, 𥁍, 𥝭, 𫛞, 䊽, 𠜵, 𧖫, 䦑, 𡙇, 䫼, 𦑗, 𡙖, 𡥹, 𤱾, 𨾕, 𩂃, 𩚟, 𪩺

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		夬
alternative forms		叏

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guài (guai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai², gwaai³
• Min Nan (POJ): koái / koat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kuai4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai², gwaai³
    • Yale: gwáai, gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai², gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai², guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäːi̯³⁵/, /kʷäːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái / koat
    • Tâi-lô: kuái / kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koae, koad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴/, /kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴¹/, /kuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠuai^H/

Rime
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古賣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuaiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚaiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuaiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjsH/
Li Rong	/kuaiH/
Wang Li	/kwæiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwaiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤret-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guài
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæjH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁret-s/
English	divide, make a breach
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	夬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4406
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	卦
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːds/
Notes	本抉指初文

Definitions

夬

1. resolute
2. 43rd hexagram of the I Ching

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 決 (“to dredge; to dig; to burst; to break; to breach; etc.”). (This character, 夬, is a variant form of 決.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 缺 (“incomplete; uncompleted; deficient; imperfect; flawed; etc.”). (This character, 夬, is the second-round simplified and variant form of 缺.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

夬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke); けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: かい (kai); けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: わける (wakeru, 夬ける); きめる (kimeru); ゆがけ (yugake)

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Korean

Hanja

夬 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune–Reischauer k'wae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夬: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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References

• Nom Foundation