跬
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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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kwai2
- Yale: kwái
- Cantonese Pinyin: kwai2
- Guangdong Romanization: kuei2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: khjweX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeʔ/
Definitions
跬
- (literary) half a step
- 故不積跬步，無以至千里。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Xunzi, c. 3rd 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)
故不积跬步，无以至千里。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Synonyms
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
- (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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
跬
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Japanese
Kanji
跬
- to step
- stride equal to half a pace
Readings
Korean
Hanja
跬 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)