# 媿

| 媿 | U+5ABF, &#23231; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ABF |
| ← 媾 [U+5ABE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嫀 → [U+5AC0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媿 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹山戈 (VHUI), four-corner 4641$_3$, composition ⿰女鬼)
* ashamed, conscience-stricken

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6600
* Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1067, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5ABF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 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 |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuì (kui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuèi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^4$
*** Yale: kwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^3$
*** Yale: kwai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: kwijH
Rime :
| Character | 媿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 俱位切 |
| Baxter | kwijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kjwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kwi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruls/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4683 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 媿 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruls/ |

#### Definitions

媿
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 愧 (kuì)
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Zìgǔjíjīn ér néng xū chéngmíng yú tiānxià zhě, wúyǒu. Shìyǐ jūnwáng wú xiū jí wèn, bù kuì xià xué. [Pinyin]
    From ancient times down to today, no one has ever been able to make a name for himself alone. This being so, lords and kings should not be embarrassed to ask any questions they have, or ashamed to learn from those beneath them.
* a surname

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuí (kui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^2$
*** Yale: kwéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

媿
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 隗 (kuí)
    From: Inscription on lost Pengzhong ding 倗仲鼎 (Jicheng #2462). Translated by on Khayutina (2016)
    Péngzhòng zuò Bì Kuí yìngdǐng. Qí wànnián bǎoyòng. [Pinyin]
    The Second-born of Peng makes the dowry tripod for Bi Kui/Gui. May she treasure and use it for ten thousand years!

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: はじる (hajiru, 媿じる)、はずかしめる (hazukashimeru, 媿める)、とがめる (togameru, 媿める)

## Korean
### Hanja

媿 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe)
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