盔

盔 U+76D4, 盔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76D4 ← 盓 [U+76D3] CJK Unified Ideographs 盕 → [U+76D5]

Translingual

Han character

盔 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大火月廿 (KFBT), four-corner 4010₇, composition ⿱灰皿)

Derived characters

• 𨫿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22992
• Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2562, character 2
• Unihan data for U+76D4

Chinese

trad.		盔
simp. #		盔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脄	*mɯːs, *mɯː
盔	*km̥ʰɯː
詼	*km̥ʰlɯː
恢	*km̥ʰɯː
灰	*hmɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuī (kui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khuî

  (Hailu, HRS): kui^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kui¹ / foi¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): kuŏi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kuê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuei
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei¹
    • Yale: kwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khuî
    • Hakka Romanization System: kui^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: kui^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰui⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kui¹ / foi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ⁴⁴/, /foɪ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kuŏi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe
    • Tâi-lô: khue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kuê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khue
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰue³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khwoj

Rime
Character	盔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦回切
Baxter	khwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰwəj/
Li Rong	/kʰuᴀi/
Wang Li	/kʰuɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fui1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*km̥ʰɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5411
Phonetic component	灰
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	恢
Old Chinese	/*km̥ʰɯː/
Notes	古稱鍪

Definitions

盔

1. helmet
2. bowl; basin

Compounds

• 丟盔卸甲 / 丢盔卸甲
• 丟盔撩甲 / 丢盔撩甲
• 丟盔棄甲 / 丢盔弃甲 (diūkuīqìjiǎ)
• 帽盔
• 盔子
• 盔甲 (kuījiǎ)
• 盔頭 / 盔头 (kuītóu)
• 鋼盔 / 钢盔 (gāngkuī)
• 鍋盔 / 锅盔 (guōkuī)
• 頭盔 / 头盔 (tóukuī)

Japanese

Kanji

盔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. helmet
2. bowl; basin

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: かぶと (kabuto, 盔)

Korean

Hanja

盔 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盔: Hán Nôm readings: khôi

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