圭

See also: 丰
圭 U+572D, 圭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-572D
← 圬
[U+572C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圮 →
[U+572E]

Translingual
Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character

圭 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土土 (GG), four-corner 40104, composition ⿱土土)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 224, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4887
  • Dae Jaweon: page 456, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 418, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+572D

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 圭

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

Pictogram (象形) : 土 + 土 – stack of (clay, jade) tablets. Duplication of 土.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 圭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古攜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛj/
Li
Rong		 /kuei/
Wang
Li		 /kiwei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 圭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷˁe/
English jade scepter

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 圭
Reading # 1/1
No. 4569
Phonetic
component		 圭
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 圭
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷeː/

Definitions

圭

  1. jade pointed at top
  2. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
    See also: 珪
  3. (historical) gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)
  4. a surname

Compounds
  • 日圭
  • 析圭分土
  • 琬圭
  • 琰圭
  • 瑱圭
  • 白圭
  • 白圭之玷
  • 躬圭
  • 圭亞那／圭亚那 (Guīyànà)
  • 圭竇／圭窦
  • 圭蓽／圭荜
  • 圭門／圭门
  • 奉為圭臬／奉为圭臬 (fèngwéiguīniè)
  • 析圭擔爵／析圭担爵
  • 烏拉圭／乌拉圭 (Wūlāguī)
  • 穀圭／谷圭
  • 篳門圭窬／筚门圭窬
  • 篳門圭竇／筚门圭窦
  • 蓽門圭竇／荜门圭窦
  • 鎮圭／镇圭

References

Japanese

Kanji
圭

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. square jewel
  2. corner
  3. angle
  4. edge

Readings

Compounds
  • 圭(けい)角(かく) (keikaku)
  • 圭(けい)冠(かん) (keikan)
  • 圭(けい)臬(げつ) (keigetsu)
  • 圭(けい)撮(さつ) (keisatsu)
  • 圭(けい)算(さん) (keisan) (卦(けい)算(さん))
  • 圭(けい)瓚(さん) (keisan)
  • 圭(けい)勺(しゃく) (keishaku)
  • 圭(けい)璋(しょう) (keishō) (珪(けい)璋(しょう))
  • 圭(けい)田(でん) (keiden)
  • 圭(けい)復(ふく) (keifuku)
  • 圭(けい)窬(ゆ) (keiyu)
  • 琬(えん)圭(けい) (enkei)
  • 玉(ぎょく)圭(けい) (gyokukei)
  • 瑱(ちん)圭(けい), 鎮(ちん)圭(けい) (chinkei)
  • 刀(とう)圭(けい) (tōkei)
  • 土(ど)圭(けい) (dokei)
  • 白(はっ)圭(けい) (hakkei) (白(はっ)珪(けい))

Proper noun

圭(けい) • (Kei) 

  1. a unisex given name

Korean

Hanja

圭 (eum 규 (gyu))

  1. jade pointed at top

Vietnamese

Han character

圭: Hán Nôm readings: quê, khoai, khuê, que

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