譎

See also: 谲

譎 U+8B4E, 譎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B4E ← 譍 [U+8B4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 譏 → [U+8B4F]

Translingual

Han character

譎 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口弓竹月 (YRNHB), four-corner 0762₇, composition ⿰訁矞)

1. cunning, crafty, sly, wily

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1180, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35956
• Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4022, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8B4E

Chinese

trad.		譎
simp.		谲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 譎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
瞲	*qʰʷilʔ, *qʰʷids, *qʰʷiːd
璚	*ɡʷeŋ
劀	*kʷriːd, *kʷreːd
鱊	*kʷriːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
譎	*kʷiːd
潏	*kʷiːd, *ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
鐍	*kʷiːd
憰	*kʷiːd
噊	*ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
驈	*ɢʷjid, *ɢʷid
橘	*kʷid
繘	*kʷid, *ɢʷid
獝	*qʰʷid
燏	*ɢʷid
遹	*ɢʷid
鷸	*ɢʷid
矞	*ɢʷid
霱	*ɢʷid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ / gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³ / gwat¹
    • Yale: kyut / gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ / gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ / gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/, /kʷɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwet

Rime
Character	譎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古穴切
Baxter	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/kiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[C.q]ʷˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷiːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	譎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ kwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.q]ʷˁi[t]/
English	treacherous; deceive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譎
Reading #	1/1
No.	16006
Phonetic component	矞
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	玦
Old Chinese	/*kʷiːd/

Definitions

譎

1. to deceive; to cheat

Compounds

• 主文譎諫 / 主文谲谏
• 奇譎 / 奇谲
• 怪譎 / 怪谲
• 波詭雲譎 / 波诡云谲 (bōguǐyúnjué)
• 波譎雲詭 / 波谲云诡 (bōjuéyúnguǐ)
• 詭怪奇譎 / 诡怪奇谲
• 詭譎 / 诡谲 (guǐjué)
• 詭譎多變 / 诡谲多变 (guǐjuéduōbiàn)
• 詭譎怪誕 / 诡谲怪诞
• 詭譎無行 / 诡谲无行
• 譎怪之談 / 谲怪之谈
• 譎而不正 / 谲而不正
• 譎詐 / 谲诈
• 譎詭 / 谲诡
• 譎誑 / 谲诳
• 譎諫 / 谲谏
• 譎譬 / 谲譬
• 譎辭 / 谲辞
• 險譎 / 险谲
• 雲譎波詭 / 云谲波诡 (yúnjuébōguǐ)

Japanese

Kanji

譎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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• Go-on: けち (kechi)^{←けち (keti, historical)←くゑち (kweti, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)^{←けつ (ketu, historical)←くゑつ (kwetu, ancient)}
• On: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: あやしい (ayashī, 譎しい)、いつわる (itsuwaru, 譎る)^{←いつはる (itufaru, 譎る, historical)}

Compounds

• 譎(きっ)詐(さ) (kissa)
• 譎(けっ)怪(かい) (kekkai)
• 譎(けっ)諫(かん) (kekkan)
• 譎(けつ)欺(ぎ) (ketsugi)
• 譎(けっ)奇(き) (kekki)
• 譎(けっ)詭(き) (kekki)
• 譎(けっ)計(けい) (kekkei)
• 譎(けつ)言(げん) (ketsugen)
• 譎(けっ)詐(さ) (kessa)
• 譎(けっ)数(すう) (kessū)
• 譎(けつ)妄(ぼう) (ketsubō)
• 譎(けつ)謀(ぼう) (ketsubō)
• 譎(けつ)妄(もう) (ketsumō)
• 怪(かい)譎(けつ) (kaiketsu)
• 奸(かん)譎(きつ), 姦(かん)譎(きつ) (kankitsu)
• 奸(かん)譎(けつ), 姦(かん)譎(けつ) (kanketsu)
• 奇(き)譎(けつ) (kiketsu)
• 詭(き)譎(けつ) (kiketsu)
• 欺(ぎ)譎(けつ) (giketsu)
• 権(けん)譎(けつ) (kenketsu)
• 詐(さ)譎(けつ) (saketsu)
• 誕(たん)譎(けつ) (tanketsu)

Korean

Hanja

譎 • (hyul) (hangeul 휼, revised hyul, McCune–Reischauer hyul, Yale hyul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譎: Hán Nôm readings: quyệt, quịt

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