䖯

䖯	U+45AF, 䖯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-45AF

← 䖮
[U+45AE]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

䖰 →
[U+45B0]

Translingual

Han character

䖯 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土土中一戈 (GGLMI), composition ⿱圭虫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2847, character 4
Unihan data for U+45AF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䖯

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwai¹
  - Yale: kwāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: khwej

Rime
Character	䖯
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

Definitions

䖯

(obsolete, rare) a kind of scorpion
Synonym: 蠆 / 虿 (chài)
alternative form of 奎 (kuí, “Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䖯 – see 蛙 (“frog; breaststroke; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蛙).