觿

觿	U+89FF, 觿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89FF

← 觾
[U+89FE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

言 →
[U+8A00]

Translingual

Han character

觿 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+18, 25 strokes, cangjie input 弓月山人月 (NBUOB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿰角巂)

References

KangXi: page 1145, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35198
Dae Jaweon: page 1612, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3935, character 4
Unihan data for U+89FF

Chinese

trad.		觿
simp. ^#		觿
alternative forms		觽

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
孈	ɢʷeʔ, ɡʷreːs, qʰʷes, ɢʷiʔ
纗	ɡʷreːs, ɡʷeː, sqʷe, ɢʷes
攜	*ɡʷeː
蠵	ɡʷeː, ɢʷe
鑴	ɡʷeː, qʰʷe
驨	*ɡʷeː
酅	*ɡʷeː
雟	*ɡʷeː
讗	ɡʷeː, kʷreːɡ
觽	*ɡʷeː
儶	*ɡʷeːs
觿	*qʰʷe
欈	*ɢʷe
瓗	*ɢʷes
携	*ɡʷleː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰʷe) : semantic 角 (“horn”) + phonetic 巂 ()

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴, fai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴, fai¹
  - Yale: kwàih, fāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴, fai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴, fei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /fɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hiuᴇ/, /ɦwei/

Rime
Character	觿	觿
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	許規切	戸圭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuᴇ/	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiɛ/	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɛ/	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwiə̆/	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/xiue/	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/xǐwe/	/ɣiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwie̯/	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huī	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai¹	wai⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰe/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷe/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	觿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwie ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰe/
English	spike of horn or bone for opening knots
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	觿
Reading #	1/1
No.	4631
Phonetic component	巂
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隓
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷe/

Definitions

觿

(historical) tool made of bone or jade used to untie knots

Compounds

佩觿
大觿
小觿
玉觿

觜觿
觿年
觿解
觿辰

觿歲／觿岁
觿礪／觿砺
金斷觿決／金断觿决
韘觿／𱂊觿

References

“觿”, 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

Kanji

觿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

a type bodkin (small knife) usually made of ivory or bone
gouge, prise open[1]

Readings

On (unclassified): けい (kei); え (e); すい (sui); き (ki)

Kun: くじり (kujiri); つのぎり (tsunogiri)

References

“抉・挑・觿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

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