# 劊

| 劊 | U+528A, &#21130; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-528A |
| ← 劉 [U+5289] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 劋 → [U+528B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

劊 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人日中弓 (OALN), four-corner 8260$_0$, composition ⿰會刂)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 42
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2225
* Dae Jaweon: page 326, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 359, character 1
* Unihan data for U+528A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 譮 | *qʰruːbs |
| 會 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 儈 | *koːbs |
| 膾 | *koːbs |
| 鱠 | *koːbs |
| 襘 | *koːbs |
| 禬 | *koːbs, *ɡoːbs |
| 檜 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 旝 | *koːbs |
| 澮 | *koːbs |
| 鄶 | *koːbs |
| 廥 | *koːbs |
| 鬠 | *koːbs, *ɡoːd |
| 劊 | *koːbs, *koːd |
| 獪 | *koːbs, *kroːbs |
| 繪 | *ɡoːbs |
| 懀 | *qoːbs, *qroːbs, *qroːbs |
| 薈 | *qoːbs |
| 嬒 | *qoːbs, *qoːd |
| 瞺 | *qoːbs |
| 噲 | *kʰroːbs |
| 璯 | *kʰroːbs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guì, kuài
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ, ㄎㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kui$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): koi$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khòai
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kòe / kùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guì
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^4$
*** Yale: gwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
*** Palladius: куай (kuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kui$^2$
*** Yale: kúi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kui$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuːi̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: koi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰᵘɔi³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khòai
*** Hakka Romanization System: kuai$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kuai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe
*** Tâi-lô: kuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kue²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kue¹¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi
*** Tâi-lô: kuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuài
*** Sinological IPA : /kuai²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: kwajH, kwat
Rime :
| Character | 劊 | 劊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (26) | 末 (64) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 古外切 | 古活切 |
| Baxter | kwajH | kwat |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷɑi$^H$/ | /kʷɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwaj$^H$/ | /kwat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑi$^H$/ | /kuɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì | guo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gui$^3$ | gut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*koːbs/, /*koːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 劊 | 劊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5505 | 5520 |
| Phonetic component | 會 | 會 |
| Rime group | 蓋 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 儈 | 括 |
| Old Chinese | /*koːbs/ | /*koːd/ |

### Definitions

劊
* (literary) to sever; to cut off; to chop off
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut open

#### Compounds

* 劊伍 / 刽伍
* 劊子 / 刽子
* 劊子手 / 刽子手 (guìzishǒu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 刽)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かい (kai)、け (ke)、かつ (katsu)
* Kun: たつ (tatsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

劊 • (hoe, goe) (hangeul 회, 괴, revised hoe, goe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, koe)
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