# 夔

| 夔 | U+5914, &#22804; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914 |
| ← 夓 [U+5913] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夕 → [U+5915] |

## Translingual
### Han character

夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 4440$_7$, composition ⿱丷夒)

#### Derived characters

* 巙, 𢆃, 𪭆, 犪, 𥜶, 躨, 𧅄

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
* Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5914

## Chinese

* 夔 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Kui (Chinese mythology) (English)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夔 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 夔 | *ɡrul |
| 犪 | *ɡrul, *njiwʔ |
| 躨 | *ɡrul |

### Etymology

From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuí (kui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gue
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^4$
*** Yale: kwàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gue
*** MiniDict: gue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$gue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²³/
* Middle Chinese: gwij
Rime :
| Character | 夔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠追切 |
| Baxter | gwij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiuɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡʷᵚi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiuɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjwi/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡjui/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡwi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gwi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kwai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrul/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 夔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7515 |
| Phonetic component | 夔 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逵 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡrul/ |
| Notes | 集韻改渠龜切 |

### Definitions

夔
* (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
* Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
* a surname

#### Usage notes

* Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Kui (Chinese mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Compounds

* 一夔已足 (yīkuíyǐzú)
* 夔夔 (kuíkuí)
* 夔峽／夔峡
* 夔牛
* 夔紋／夔纹 (kuíwén)
* 夔門／夔门 (Kuímén)
* 夔龍／夔龙 (kuílóng)
* 夔龍禮樂／夔龙礼乐
* 蟠夔紋／蟠夔纹

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)

## Korean
### Hanja

夔 (eum 기 (gi))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

夔: Hán Việt readings: quỳ
* chữ Hán form of Quỳ (“the Kui, a surname”).

#### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).