# 佹

| 佹 | U+4F79, &#20345; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F79 |
| ← 佸 [U+4F78] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佺 → [U+4F7A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

佹 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一山 (ONMU), four-corner 2721$_2$, composition ⿰亻危)
* depend upon
* support
* go against

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 566
* Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 151, character 2
* Unihan data for U+4F79

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 鮠 | *ŋuːl |
| 峞 | *ŋuːl, *ŋuːlʔ |
| 頠 | *ŋuːlʔ, *ŋrolʔ |
| 詭 | *krolʔ |
| 垝 | *krolʔ, *krols |
| 陒 | *krolʔ |
| 觤 | *krolʔ |
| 恑 | *krolʔ |
| 蛫 | *krolʔ |
| 祪 | *krolʔ |
| 洈 | *krolʔ, *ŋrol |
| 姽 | *krolʔ, *ŋrolʔ |
| 桅 | *krolʔ |
| 佹 | *krolʔ |
| 跪 | *kʰrolʔ, *ɡrolʔ |
| 危 | *ŋrol |
| 峗 | *ŋrol |
| 硊 | *ŋrolʔ |
| 卼 | *kʰruls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krolʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 危 (OC *ŋrol).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guǐ (gui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^3$
*** Yale: gwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^2$
*** Yale: gwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kjweX
Rime :
| Character | 佹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (14) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 過委切 |
| Baxter | kjweX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiuᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiuɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kjwiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kjue$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kǐwe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kwie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*krolʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 佹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12777 |
| Phonetic component | 危 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 詭 |
| Old Chinese | /*krolʔ/ |

#### Definitions

佹
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to conflict
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) overlapping; to be accumulated
* (literary) Alternative form of 詭 / 诡 (guǐ, “strange; deceitful”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 佹侘 (guǐchà).

#### Compounds

* 佹侘
* 佹僪
* 佹常
* 佹形僪狀 / 佹形僪状
* 佹瑣 / 佹琐
* 佹異 / 佹异
* 佹詩 / 佹诗
* 佹誕 / 佹诞
* 佹辭 / 佹辞
* 佹辯 / 佹辩
* 欐佹 / 𪲔佹

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guī, guǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ, ㄍㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guěi
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^3$
*** Yale: gwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^2$
*** Yale: gwái
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

佹
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 佹佹 (“almost; nearly”).
* (literary) suddenly, sometimes; (usually in the 佹……佹 construction) now … now

#### Compounds

* 佹佹
* 佹得
* 佹得佹失

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “佹”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00063

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* depend upon
* support
* go against

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)
* Kun: かさなる (kasanaru, 佹なる)、よる (yoru, 佹る)、もとる (motoru, 佹る)、ささえる (sasaeru, 佹える)

## Korean
### Hanja

佹 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe)
* strange
* deceive
* go against