雟

雟 U+96DF, 雟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96DF ← 雞 [U+96DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 雠 → [U+96E0]

Translingual

Han character

雟 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 山人土月 (UOGB) or 難山人土月 (XUOGB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿳屮隹冏)

1. sparrow
2. revolve
3. place name

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1369, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42125
• Dae Jaweon: page 1872, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 804, character 21
• Unihan data for U+96DF

Chinese

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

Etymology 1

trad.		雟
simp. #		雟
alternative forms		巂 嶲 𪈥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Yale: gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwai¹
    • Yale: kwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwej

Rime
Character	雟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸圭切
Baxter	hwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	雟
Reading #	1/1
No.	4626
Phonetic component	巂
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攜
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeː/
Notes	集韻或體從鳥

Definitions

雟

1. (obsolete) cuckoo

Compounds

• 子雟

 

Etymology 2

trad.		雟
simp. #		雟
alternative forms		巂 嶲 酅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, suǐ (xi¹, sui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄙㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹, seoi⁵, seoi²

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• 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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suěi
    • Wade–Giles: sui³
    • Yale: swěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹, seoi⁵, seoi²
    • Yale: sāi, séuih, séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹, soey⁵, soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹, sêu⁵, sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵/, /sɵy̯¹³/, /sɵy̯³⁵/

Definitions

雟

1. Used in place names.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05575
• “雟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

雟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); き (ki)
• Kun: つばめ (tsubame)

Korean

Hanja

雟 (eum 휴 (hyu))

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