珪

珪 U+73EA, 珪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73EA
← 珩
[U+73E9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 珫 →
[U+73EB]

Translingual

Han character

珪 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土土土 (MGGG), four-corner 14114, composition ⿰𤣩圭)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20972
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+73EA

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 珪

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 *kʷeː) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 珪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古攜切
Baxter kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛj/
Li
Rong		 /kuei/
Wang
Li		 /kiwei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 珪
Reading # 1/1
No. 4570
Phonetic
component		 圭
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 圭
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷeː/

Definitions

珪

  1. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
    See also: 圭
  2. a surname

Compounds
  • 珪璋
  • 珪璧

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (珪):
  • → Japanese: 珪(けい) (kei)

Japanese

Kanji
珪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
珪
けい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

/kʷei/ → /kei/

From Middle Chinese 珪 (MC kwej).

Affix

珪(けい) • (kei) 

  1. (historical) jade tablet conferred upon princes as a symbol of authority
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 珪(けい)璋(しょう) (keishō)
  • 珪(けい)璧(へき) (keiheki)
  • 玄(げん)珪(けい) (genkei)
  • 白(はっ)珪(けい) (hakkei)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
珪
けい
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)
kan’on

From Dutch keiaarde. An ateji (当て字) coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1837 in his book 舎密開宗 (Seimi Kaisō, “Introduction to Chemistry”).

Affix

珪(けい) • (kei) 

  1. silicon
Derived terms
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

珪: Hán Việt readings: khuê[1]

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
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