跬

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠏠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

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

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

Pronunciation 1

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei³
    • Yale: kwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai²
    • Yale: kwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khjweX

Rime
Character	跬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (14)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘弭切
Baxter	khjweX
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	fai2

• 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, c. 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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

跬

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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)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. half a step
2. few
3. near