筀

筀 U+7B40, 筀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B40 ← 笿 [U+7B3F] CJK Unified Ideographs 筁 → [U+7B41]

Translingual

Han character

筀 (radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹土土 (HGG), four-corner 8810₄, composition ⿱𥫗圭)

References

• KangXi: page 882, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25972
• Dae Jaweon: page 1310, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2961, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7B40

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		筀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kuei4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³
    • Yale: gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kwei^H/

Rime
Character	筀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古惠切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kweiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛjH/
Li Rong	/kueiH/
Wang Li	/kiweiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiweiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筀
Reading #	1/1
No.	4580
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	桂
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːs/
Notes	見山海經

Definitions

筀

1. A kind of bamboo.

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Japanese

Kanji

筀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei), け (ke)
• Kun: たけ (take)