# 跬

| 跬 | U+8DEC, &#36332; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DEC |
| ← 跫 [U+8DEB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 跭 → [U+8DED] |

## Translingual
### Han character

跬 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一土土 (RMGG), four-corner 6411$_4$, composition ⿰𧾷圭)

#### Derived characters

* 𠏠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1225, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37520
* Dae Jaweon: page 1697, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3700, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8DEC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷeʔ): semantic 足 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^3$
*** Yale: kwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwai$^2$
*** Yale: kwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: khjweX
Rime :
| Character | 跬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丘弭切 |
| Baxter | khjweX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠiuᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰʷᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiuɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰjwiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰjue$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰǐwe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰwie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰʷeʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 跬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4595 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 跬 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰʷeʔ/ |
| Notes | 切語原混同開口企組， 切韻作去弭，集韻改犬橤切。說文本從走 |

#### Definitions

跬
* (literary) half a step
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Gù bù jī kuǐ bù, wú yǐ zhì qiān lǐ. [Pinyin]
    Accordingly, if you do not accumulate paces and double paces, you will lack the means to reach 1000 li. (translation by John Knoblock)

##### Synonyms

* 步 (bù)
* 步子 (bùzi)
* 腳步／脚步 (jiǎobù)

#### Compounds

* 跬步 (kuǐbù)
* 跬步不離 / 跬步不离
* 跬步千里
* 跬譽 / 跬誉

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiè (xie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to step
* stride equal to half a pace

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、かい (kai)、け (ke)
* Kun: ひとあし (hitoashi)

## Korean
### Hanja

跬 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
* half a step
* few
* near