# 規

| 規 | U+898F, &#35215; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-898F |
| ← 覎 [U+898E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 覐 → [U+8990] |

## Translingual
### Han character

規 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人月山山 (QOBUU), four-corner 5601$_0$, composition ⿰夫見)

#### Derived characters

* 嫢, 摫, 槻, 槼, 瞡, 窺, 闚, 鬹, 䲅, 𡙭, 𡦑, 𫱟, 𤍮, 𧜴, 𪄯, 𱗪

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1133, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34810
* Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3664, character 17
* Unihan data for U+898F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 規
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 嫢 | *ɡeːnʔ, *skʷel, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 規 | *kʷel |
| 槻 | *kʷel |
| 鬹 | *kʷel |
| 摫 | *kʷel |
| 瞡 | *kʷels, *kʷils |
| 窺 | *kʰʷel |
| 闚 | *kʰʷel |
Traditionally an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 夫 (“husband”) + 見 (“see”).
Smith (2011) proposes that the left component is an abbreviation of the phonetic component 癸 (OC *kʷilʔ). Compare the Shizhoupian script form of 癸.
It's possible 規 originally referred to a compass used for drawing circles given its early usage. The right half 夫 may have depicted such a compass, as evidenced by variants where it is written with a 又 (“hand”) grabbing it.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): guī (gui$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gui$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kûi
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gui$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): giĕ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gui$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gui
*** Sinological IPA : /kuei⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^1$
*** Yale: kwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuɪ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /kie⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
*** Tâi-lô: kui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /kui³³⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$kue
*** MiniDict: kue$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kue⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: kjwie
Rime :
| Character | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居隋切 |
| Baxter | kjwie |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kiuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kjuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /kiue/ |
| Wang Li | /kǐwe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷel/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | guī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjwie › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷe/ |
| English | compass, circle |
| 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 | 規 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4604 |
| Phonetic component | 規 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𩓸 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷel/ |
| Notes | 小徐見聲，與圜同源；古亦同窺，夫或癸省文 |

#### Definitions

規
* dividers; measuring compass
* rule; regulation; customs; law
* to plan; to arrange
* to exhort; to admonish; to advise
* a surname, Gui

##### Synonyms

* (rule):
* 例 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 則度 / 则度 (zédù) (literary)
* 守則 / 守则 (shǒuzé)
* 方案 (fāng'àn)
* 條例 / 条例 (tiáolì)
* 條規 / 条规 (tiáoguī)
* 法度 (fǎdù)
* 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
* 紀綱 / 纪纲 (jìgāng) (literary)
* 綱目 / 纲目 (gāngmù) (Classical Chinese)
* 繩墨 / 绳墨 (shéngmò) (figurative)
* 規則 / 规则 (guīzé)
* 規定 / 规定 (guīdìng)
* 規條 / 规条 (guītiáo)
* 規準 / 规准 (guīzhǔn) (literary)
* 規矩 / 规矩 (guījǔ)
* (to plan):
* 作計 / 作计 (zuòjì) (literary)
* 打算 (dǎsuàn)
* 拍算 (phah-sǹg) (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 拍達 / 拍达 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 按算 (Hokkien)
* 擬 / 拟 (nǐ)
* 派胚 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 準備 / 准备 (zhǔnbèi)
* 營為 / 营为 (Hokkien)
* 盤算 / 盘算
* 策劃 / 策划 (cèhuà)
* 策動 / 策动 (cèdòng)
* 算 (suàn)
* 算打 (sáung-dā) (Eastern Min)
* 算計 / 算计 (suànjì)
* 籌劃 / 筹划 (chóuhuà)
* 考慮 / 考虑 (kǎolǜ)
* 規劃 / 规划 (guīhuà)
* 計劃 / 计划 (jìhuà)
* 計算 / 计算 (jìsuàn)
* 設 / 设 (shè)
* 設施 / 设施 (shèshī) (literary)
* 試圖 / 试图 (shìtú)
* 謀劃 / 谋划 (móuhuà)
* (to exhort):
* 勸告 / 劝告 (quàngào)
* 勸導 / 劝导 (quàndǎo)
* 勸解 / 劝解 (quànjiě)
* 勸誡 / 劝诫 (quànjiè)
* 告誡 / 告诫 (gàojiè)
* 奉勸 / 奉劝 (fèngquàn) (honorific)
* 忠告
* 懲 / 惩 (chéng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 戒飭 / 戒饬 (jièchì)
* 提醒 (tíxǐng)
* 正告 (zhènggào)
* 相勸 / 相劝 (xiāngquàn) (literary)
* 規勸 / 规劝 (guīquàn)
* 誘 / 诱 (yòu) (literary, or in compounds)
* 諧喙 / 谐喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 諫訓 / 谏训 (jiànxùn) (literary)
* 警告 (jǐnggào)
* 警示 (jǐngshì)
* 警誡 / 警诫 (jǐngjiè) (literary)

#### Compounds

* 不規則 / 不规则 (bùguīzé)
* 中立法規 / 中立法规
* 中規中矩 / 中规中矩
* 交通規則 / 交通规则 (jiāotōng guīzé)
* 以規為瑱 / 以规为瑱
* 例規 / 例规
* 內規 / 内规
* 兩腳規 / 两脚规
* 分度規 / 分度规
* 分規 / 分规
* 勸善規過 / 劝善规过
* 半圓規 / 半圆规
* 半規 / 半规 (bànguī)
* 半規管 / 半规管 (bànguīguǎn)
* 印規 / 印规
* 單行法規 / 单行法规
* 國土規劃 / 国土规划
* 圓規 / 圆规 (yuánguī)
* 團體規範 / 团体规范
* 地震規模 / 地震规模
* 大家規矩 / 大家规矩
* 大規模 / 大规模 (dàguīmó)
* 子規 / 子规 (zǐguī)
* 學規 / 学规
* 宏規 / 宏规
* 定規 / 定规 (dìngguī)
* 官規 / 官规 (guānguī)
* 家規 / 家规 (jiāguī)
* 常規 / 常规 (chángguī)
* 常規戰爭 / 常规战争 (chángguī zhànzhēng)
* 常規武器 / 常规武器 (chángguī wǔqì)
* 建築法規 / 建筑法规
* 弟子規 / 弟子规
* 循規蹈矩 / 循规蹈矩 (xúnguīdǎojǔ)
* 應規蹈矩 / 应规蹈矩
* 成規 / 成规 (chéngguī)
* 投手犯規 / 投手犯规
* 技術犯規 / 技术犯规
* 擬規畫圓 / 拟规画圆
* 教規 / 教规 (jiàoguī)
* 明文規定 / 明文规定 (míngwénguīdìng)
* 會規 / 会规
* 服務規程 / 服务规程
* 校規 / 校规 (xiàoguī)
* 條規 / 条规 (tiáoguī)
* 棚規 / 棚规
* 橢圓規 / 椭圆规
* 正規 / 正规 (zhèngguī)
* 正規軍 / 正规军 (zhèngguījūn)
* 死規矩兒 / 死规矩儿
* 沒規沒矩 / 没规没矩
* 沒規矩 / 没规矩
* 法規 / 法规 (fǎguī)
* 洪規 / 洪规
* 清規 / 清规 (qīngguī)
* 清規戒律 / 清规戒律
* 犯規 / 犯规 (fànguī)
* 疊矩重規 / 叠矩重规
* 百丈清規 / 百丈清规
* 直角規 / 直角规
* 硬性規定 / 硬性规定
* 社會規範 / 社会规范 (shèhuì guīfàn)
* 程式規劃 / 程式规划
* 立規矩 / 立规矩
* 箴規 / 箴规
* 線性規劃 / 线性规划 (xiànxìngguīhuà)
* 老規矩 / 老规矩 (lǎoguījǔ)
* 舊規 / 旧规
* 芳規 / 芳规
* 蕭規曹隨 / 萧规曹随 (xiāoguīcáosuí)
* 行規 / 行规 (hángguī)
* 規例 / 规例 (guīlì)
* 規利 / 规利
* 規制 / 规制 (guīzhì)
* 規則 / 规则 (guīzé)
* 規劃 / 规划 (guīhuà)
* 規勸 / 规劝 (guīquàn)
* 規圓矩方 / 规圆矩方
* 規外行動 / 规外行动
* 規定 / 规定 (guīdìng)
* 規定動作 / 规定动作
* 規定地價 / 规定地价
* 規尺 / 规尺
* 規度 / 规度
* 規彠 / 规彟
* 規律 / 规律 (guīlǜ)
* 規律性 / 规律性 (guīlǜxìng)
* 規復 / 规复 (guīfù)
* 規戒 / 规戒 (guījiè)
* 規整 / 规整 (guīzhěng)
* 規格 / 规格 (guīgé)
* 規條 / 规条 (guītiáo)
* 規模 / 规模 (guīmó)
* 規模經濟 / 规模经济 (guīmó jīngjì)
* 規模遠舉 / 规模远举
* 規正 / 规正
* 規求 / 规求
* 規略 / 规略
* 規畫 / 规画 (guīhuà)
* 規矩 / 规矩 (guījǔ)
* 規矩準繩 / 规矩准绳
* 規矩繩墨 / 规矩绳墨
* 規矩鉤繩 / 规矩钩绳
* 規矱 / 规矱
* 規程 / 规程 (guīchéng)
* 規範 / 规范 (guīfàn)
* 規範化 / 规范化 (guīfànhuà)
* 規範學 / 规范学
* 規約 / 规约 (guīyuē)
* 規繩 / 规绳
* 規行矩止 / 规行矩止
* 規行矩步 / 规行矩步
* 規行距步 / 规行距步
* 規規 / 规规
* 規規矩矩 / 规规矩矩
* 規言矩步 / 规言矩步
* 規語 / 规语
* 規談 / 规谈
* 規諷 / 规讽
* 規諫 / 规谏 (guījiàn)
* 規謀 / 规谋
* 規費 / 规费 (guīfèi)
* 規避 / 规避 (guībì)
* 規那 / 规那 (guīnà)
* 規重矩疊 / 规重矩叠
* 規鏡 / 规镜
* 規院 / 规院
* 規章 / 规章 (guīzhāng)
* 議事規則 / 议事规则
* 蹈矩循規 / 蹈矩循规
* 蹈規循矩 / 蹈规循矩
* 遊戲規則 / 游戏规则 (yóuxì guīzé)
* 違規 / 违规 (wéiguī)
* 重規疊矩 / 重规叠矩
* 重規累矩 / 重规累矩
* 重規襲矩 / 重规袭矩
* 鋪規 / 铺规
* 門規 / 门规
* 陋規 / 陋规 (lòuguī)
* 陳規 / 陈规 (chénguī)
* 陳規陋習 / 陈规陋习 (chénguīlòuxí)
* 雲形定規 / 云形定规
* 高曾規矩 / 高曾规矩
* 墨守成規 / 墨守成规 (mòshǒuchéngguī)
* 墨水規 / 墨水规

### Etymology 2

Fuehrer and Yang (2014) propose that it derives from 幾 (OC *kɯl, “almost”).

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^1$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûi
*** Hakka Romanization System: gui$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku̯i²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
*** Tâi-lô: kui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kui
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³/

#### Definitions

規
* (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) whole; entire

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 整 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 整 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 整 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 整 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 成, 冚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 成, 冚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 成 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 成, 冚 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 成 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 規 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 規 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 規 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 規 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 規 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 規 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 規 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 規 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 規 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 規 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 規 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 規 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 規 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夠, 咸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夠, 咸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 夠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 成 |

#### Compounds

* 規世人 / 规世人
* 規個 / 规个
* 規千萬 / 规千万
* 規半日 / 规半日
* 規嚾規黨 / 规嚾规党
* 規圇個 / 规囵个
* 規圇日 / 规囵日
* 規圇暝 / 规囵暝
* 規堆 / 规堆
* 規家伙
* 規家伙仔
* 規尼 / 规尼
* 規𡳞脬火 / 规𡳞脬火
* 規工 / 规工
* 規年 / 规年
* 規年迵天 / 规年迵天
* 規心 / 规心
* 規日 / 规日
* 規晡 / 规晡
* 規暗 / 规暗
* 規暝 / 规暝
* 規氣 / 规气
* 規爿 / 规爿
* 規百個 / 规百个
* 規碗捀 / 规碗捀
* 規腹火 / 规腹火
* 規路 / 规路
* 規身 / 规身
* 規身軀 / 规身躯
* 規軀 / 规躯
* 規陣 / 规阵
* 規面 / 规面

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guì (gui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guì
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^4$
*** Yale: gwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

規
* Only used in 規規／规规 (guìguì).

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/

#### Definitions

規
* (historical dictionaries only) Alternative form of 瞁 (xù)

### References

* “規”, 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

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* rule
* measure
* norm, standard
* to regulate

#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: のり (nori, 規)、ぶんまわし (bunmawashi)、ただす (tadasu, 規す)
* Nanori: すのり (sunori)、のり (nori)、ただし (tadashi)

### Compounds

* 規格
* 規準
* 規正
* 規制
* 規則
* 規定
* 規範
* 規模
* 規約
* 規律
* 円規
* 定規
* 正規
* 内規
* 法規

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 規
* のり Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 規 – see the following entry. :
| 【のり】 | [noun] rule, regulation, law [noun] norm, standard [noun] measure, scale, ruler (measuring device) [noun] measure, scale, size Alternative spellings 法, 則, 矩 |
(This term, 規, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

規 (eumhun 법 규 (beop gyu))
* hanja form of 법 (“law; rule”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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