媿

See also: 愧

媿 U+5ABF, 媿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ABF ← 媾 [U+5ABE] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫀 → [U+5AC0]

Translingual

Han character

媿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹山戈 (VHUI), four-corner 4641₃, composition ⿰女鬼)

1. ashamed, conscience-stricken

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6600
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5ABF

Chinese

trad.		媿
simp.		愧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謉	*tkuːlʔ, *krul
瑰	*kuːl, *ɡuːl
傀	*kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ
藱	*kuːl
魁	*kʰuːl
磈	*kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ
塊	*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds
嵬	*ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ
隗	*ŋɡuːlʔ
槐	*ɡuːl, *ɡruːl
瘣	*ɡuːlʔ
廆	*ɡuːlʔ
溾	*ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl
螝	*ɡuːls, *krul
褢	*ɡruːl
騩	*krul, *kruls, *kul
愧	*kruls
媿	*kruls
聭	*kruls
餽	*ɡruls
鬼	*kulʔ
魏	*ŋɡuls
巍	*ŋul
犩	*ŋul, *ŋuls

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuì (kui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai³

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• 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: kwai³
    • Yale: kwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwijH

Rime
Character	媿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	俱位切
Baxter	kwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjwiH/
Li Rong	/kjuiH/
Wang Li	/kwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kruls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	媿
Reading #	1/1
No.	4683
Phonetic component	鬼
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	媿
Old Chinese	/*kruls/

Definitions

媿

1. (obsolete) alternative form of 愧 (kuì)

   • 自古及今而能虛成名於天下者，無有。是以君王無羞亟問，不媿下學。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     自古及今而能虚成名于天下者，无有。是以君王无羞亟问，不愧下学。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Zìgǔjíjīn ér néng xū chéngmíng yú tiānxià zhě, wúyǒu. Shìyǐ jūnwáng wú xiū jí wèn, bù kuì xià xué. [Pinyin]

     From ancient times down to today, no one has ever been able to make a name for himself alone. This being so, lords and kings should not be embarrassed to ask any questions they have, or ashamed to learn from those beneath them.

2. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

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• 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/

Definitions

媿

1. (obsolete) alternative form of 隗 (kuí)

   • 倗仲乍畢媿賸鼎。其萬年寶用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     倗仲乍毕愧剩鼎。其万年宝用。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Inscription on lost Pengzhong ding 倗仲鼎 (Jicheng #2462). Translated by on Khayutina (2016)

     Péngzhòng zuò Bì Kuí yìngdǐng. Qí wànnián bǎoyòng. [Pinyin]

     The Second-born of Peng makes the dowry tripod for Bi Kui/Gui. May she treasure and use it for ten thousand years!

Japanese

Kanji

媿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: はじる (hajiru, 媿じる)^{←はぢる (fadiru, 媿ぢる, historical)}、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 媿める)^{←はづかしめる (fadukasimeru, 媿める, historical)}、とがめる (togameru, 媿める)

Korean

Hanja

媿 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe)

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