蕢

See also: 蒉

蕢	U+8562, 蕢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8562

← 蕡
[U+8561]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蕣 →
[U+8563]

Translingual

Han character

蕢 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 廿中一金 (TLMC), four-corner 4480₆, composition ⿱艹貴)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1058, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31989
Dae Jaweon: page 1521, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3291, character 1
Unihan data for U+8562

Chinese

trad.		蕢
simp.		蒉
alternative forms		𧂟䕚臾 ancient 𤆂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蕢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	l̥ʰuːlʔ, ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	l'uːl, kʰruːds
尵	l'uːl, r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	l'uːlʔ, lulʔ
鞼	kluːl, ɡruls
膭	kluːl, ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	ɡluːds, kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	kʰruːds, ɡruds
嘳	kʰruːds, kʰruds
蕢	kʰruːds, ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	kʰruds, ɡruds
䙡	kʰruds, kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	ɡruds, lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	lul, luls
壝	lul, lulʔ
瞶	luls, kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰruːds, *ɡruds) : semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei⁴
  - Yale: kwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
  - Palladius: куй (kuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwai⁶
  - Yale: gwaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯²²/

Middle Chinese: gwijH

Rime
Character	蕢
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求位切
Baxter	gwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwi^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjui^H/
Wang Li	/ɡwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ruj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡruds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蕢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ gwij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ruj-s/
English	basket
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕢
Reading #	2/2
No.	4734
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	匱
Old Chinese	/*ɡruds/
Notes	古作臾

Definitions

蕢

^† straw basket

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
  - Palladius: куай (kuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: khweajH

Rime
Character	蕢
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	苦怪切
Baxter	khweajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠuɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kʰuɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kʰwɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰwăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faai³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蕢
Reading #	1/2
No.	4727
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	蒯
Old Chinese	/*kʰruːds/

Definitions

蕢

^† edible amaranth
a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 蕢 – see 塊 (“soil block”). (This character is an obsolete form of 塊).

Japanese

Kanji

蕢

(Hyōgai kanji)

edible amaranth
straw basket

Readings

On (unclassified): かい (kai)、き (ki)、け (ke)、ぎ (gi)
Kun: あじか (ajika)、つちくれ (tsuchikure, 蕢)