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

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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/

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• 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

1. only used in 藈姑