跬

跬 U+8DEC, 跬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DEC ← 跫 [U+8DEB] CJK Unified Ideographs 跭 → [U+8DED]

Translingual

Han character

跬 (radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土 (RMGG), four-corner 6411₄, composition ⿰𧾷圭)

References

• KangXi: page 1225, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37520
• Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3700, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8DEC

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰʷeʔ): semantic 足 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		跬
alternative forms		蹞 䞨 𨇪 𨆆

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰweɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai²
    • Yale: kwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiuᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	跬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	丘弭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjwiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰjueX/
Wang Li	/kʰǐweX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰwie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kwai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4595
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跬
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷeʔ/
Notes	切語原混同開口企組， 切韻作去弭，集韻改犬橤切。說文本從走

Definitions

跬

1. (literary) half a step

   • 故不積跬步，無以至千里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故不积跬步，无以至千里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Gù bù jī kuǐ bù, wú yǐ zhì qiān lǐ. [Pinyin]

     Accordingly, if you do not accumulate paces and double paces, you will lack the means to reach 1000 li. (translation by John Knoblock)

Synonyms

• 步 (bù)
• 步子 (bùzi)
• 腳步／脚步 (jiǎobù)

Compounds

• 跬步 (kuǐbù)
• 跬步不離／跬步不离

• 跬步千里

• 跬譽／跬誉

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		跬

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

跬

1. ^‡ This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Japanese

Kanji

跬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to step
2. stride equal to half a pace

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), かい (kai), け (ke)
• Kun: ひとあし (hitoashi)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. half a step
2. few
3. near