# 蒯

| 蒯 | U+84AF, &#33967; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84AF |
| ← 蒮 [U+84AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蒰 → [U+84B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蒯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿月中弓 (TBLN) or 難廿月中弓 (XTBLN), four-corner 4220$_0$, composition ⿰萠刂)

#### Derived characters

* 𫬉, 𦗿

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1049, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31601
* Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 352, character 21
* Unihan data for U+84AF

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuǎi (kuai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuǎi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^3$
*** Yale: kwǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koai
*** Palladius: куай (kuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaai$^2$
*** Yale: gwáai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaːi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khweajH
Rime :
| Character | 蒯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (34) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 苦怪切 |
| Baxter | khweajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠuɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰwɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰwăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤru[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蒯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuǎi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khwɛj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰˁru[t]-s/ |
| English | a kind of rush |
| 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 | 蒯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7504 |
| Phonetic component | 蒯 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蒯 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰruːds/ |

#### Definitions

蒯
* a kind of grass
* a surname

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蒯 – see 塊 (“piece; chunk; lump; part; yuan; dollar; buck; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 塊).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rush, of which various things are made

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)、け (ke)
* Kun: あぶらがや (aburagaya)

## Korean
### Hanja

蒯 • (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune–Reischauer koe, Yale koy)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蒯: Hán Nôm readings: khoái
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.