傀
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Translingual
Han character
傀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人竹山戈 (OHUI), four-corner 26213, composition ⿰亻鬼)
Derived characters
- 𧝛
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 928
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 192, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5080
Chinese
| trad. | 傀 | |
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| simp. # | 傀 | |
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| 謉 | *tkuːlʔ, *krul |
| 瑰 | *kuːl, *ɡuːl |
| 傀 | *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ |
| 藱 | *kuːl |
| 魁 | *kʰuːl |
| 磈 | *kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ |
| 塊 | *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds |
| 嵬 | *ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 隗 | *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 槐 | *ɡuːl, *ɡruːl |
| 瘣 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 廆 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 溾 | *ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl |
| 螝 | *ɡuːls, *krul |
| 褢 | *ɡruːl |
| 騩 | *krul, *kruls, *kul |
| 愧 | *kruls |
| 媿 | *kruls |
| 聭 | *kruls |
| 餽 | *ɡruls |
| 鬼 | *kulʔ |
| 魏 | *ŋɡuls |
| 巍 | *ŋul |
| 犩 | *ŋul, *ŋuls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) : semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).
Pronunciation
Compounds
Etymology 2
傀 (OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" (Zhouli) > 瑰 (OC *kuːl, *ɡuːl) "rare, marvelous" > a kind precious stone" (Shijing).
傀 (OC *kûi) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as 怪 (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh); they may be merely variants (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Usage notes
Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation guī.
Compounds
- 傀偉/傀伟
- 傀儡 (guīlěi)
- 傀奇
- 傀然
References
- “傀”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC khwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 괴〯 (kwǒy) (Yale: kwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kwe̞(ː)] ~ [kø̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [궤(ː)/괴(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC kwoj).
Compounds
- 괴연 (傀然, goeyeon)






