藈

藈	U+85C8, 藈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85C8

← 藇
[U+85C7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

藉 →
[U+85C9]

Translingual

Han character

藈 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿月山大 (TBUK), four-corner 4463₄, composition ⿱艹睽)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32236
Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3312, character 8
Unihan data for U+85C8

Chinese

trad.		藈
simp. ^#		藈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
睽	*kʰʷiːl
湀	kʰʷiːl, kʷilʔ, ɡʷilʔ, kʰʷiːd
聧	*kʰʷiː
藈	*kʰʷiːl
癸	*kʷilʔ
葵	*ɡʷil
鄈	*ɡʷil
楑	ɡʷil, ɡʷilʔ
戣	*ɡʷril
鍨	*ɡʷril
騤	ɡʷril, kʷiːd
揆	*ɡʷilʔ
猤	*ɡʷils
闋	*kʰʷiːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuei²
  - Yale: kwéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
  - Palladius: куй (kuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: khwej

Rime
Character	藈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦圭切
Baxter	khwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰuei/
Wang Li	/kʰiwei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷiːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	藈
Reading #	1/1
No.	4643
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	睽
Old Chinese	/*kʰʷiːl/

Definitions

藈

only used in 藈姑