夔

See also: 夒
夔 U+5914, 夔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914
← 夓
[U+5913] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夕 →
[U+5915]

Translingual

Han character

夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 44407, composition ⿱丷夒)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
  • Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5914

Chinese
trad. 夔
simp. # 夔
alternative forms 𡖂
虁

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 夔
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (夔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
夔 *ɡrul
犪 *ɡrul, *njiwʔ
躨 *ɡrul

Etymology

From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 夔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠追切
Baxter gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gjwi/
Li
Rong		 /ɡjui/
Wang
Li		 /ɡwi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 kwai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 夔
Reading # 1/1
No. 7515
Phonetic
component		 夔
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 逵
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡrul/
Notes 集韻改渠龜切

Definitions

夔

  1. (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
  2. Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
  3. a surname

Usage notes

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
夔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): き (ki); ぎ (gi)

Korean

Hanja

夔 (eum 기 (gi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

夔: Hán Việt readings: quỳ[1][2][3]

  1. chữ Hán form of Quỳ (“the Kui, a surname”).

References
  1. Trần (1999).
  2. Nguyễn (1974).
  3. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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