# 揆

| 揆 | U+63C6, &#25542; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C6 |
| ← 揅 [U+63C5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 揇 → [U+63C7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

揆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人大 (QNOK), four-corner 5203$_4$, composition ⿰扌癸)
* prime minister
* to guess, estimate

#### Derived characters

* 𦺕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12326
* Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1926, character 8
* Unihan data for U+63C6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 睽 | *kʰʷiːl |
| 湀 | *kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd |
| 聧 | *kʰʷiː |
| 藈 | *kʰʷiːl |
| 癸 | *kʷilʔ |
| 葵 | *ɡʷil |
| 鄈 | *ɡʷil |
| 楑 | *ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ |
| 戣 | *ɡʷril |
| 鍨 | *ɡʷril |
| 騤 | *ɡʷril, *kʷiːd |
| 揆 | *ɡʷilʔ |
| 猤 | *ɡʷils |
| 闋 | *kʰʷiːd |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuí (kui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^4$ / kwai$^5$
* 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$^4$ / kwai$^5$
*** Yale: kwàih / kwáih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^4$ / kwai$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^4$ / kuei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /kʷʰɐi̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: gjwijX
Rime :
| Character | 揆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 求癸切 |
| Baxter | gjwijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡiuɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡʷi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡjuɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gwi$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡui$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡwi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gwi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷilʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 揆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjwij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/ |
| English | measure, estimate (v.) |
| 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 | 揆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4652 |
| Phonetic component | 癸 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 揆 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷilʔ/ |

#### Definitions

揆
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to reckon
* (dated or formal) leader of the government
    閣揆／阁揆 ― gékuí ― (formal) prime minister; premier
** (Hong Kong, Taiwan, formal) prime minister
    Synonyms: 總理 / 总理 (zǒnglǐ), 首相 (shǒuxiàng), 相 (xiàng)
    英揆 ― Yīng kuí ― the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
** (Taiwan, formal) president of the Executive Yuan; premier of the Republic of China
    Synonyms: 行政院長 / 行政院长 (xíngzhèng yuànzhǎng), 院長 / 院长 (yuànzhǎng)
    賴揆／赖揆 ― Lài kuí ― Premier Lai Ching-te

##### Usage notes

The modern usage of "prime minister" or "president of the Executive Yuan" is mostly on newspaper article titles. For the sense of prime minister of a country, this word is preceded by the short form of the name of the country. For the sense of premier of the Republic of the China, this word is preceded by the surname of the premier.

#### Compounds

* 一揆 (yīkuí)
* 揆一
* 揆席
* 揆度
* 揆情度理
* 揆诸
* 百揆
* 端揆
* 道揆 (dàokuí)
* 閣揆 / 阁揆 (gékuí)

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe̍h
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe̍h
*** Tâi-lô: kue̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koeh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kueʔ¹²¹/

#### Definitions

揆
* Alternative form of 劌 / 刿 (“to rub against; classifier for a segment or section of something that is long”)

### References

* “揆”, 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–
* “揆”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* category
* plan
* drumstick

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)
* Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揆る)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 揆)

## Korean
### Hanja

揆 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese

* chữ Hán Nôm in this term
* 揆

### Han character

揆: Hán Việt readings: quỹ, quải
揆: Nôm readings: quậy, cõi, quẫy, quẽ, quảy

### Noun

揆 • (cõi)
* chữ Nôm form of cõi (“a domain, realm or land”).
** 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], Liễu Văn Ðường edition, published 1866, line 1:𤾓(trăm)𢆥(năm)𥪞(trong)揆(cõi)𠊛(người)些(ta)In the hundred-year span of a human life

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 4 Hồ (1976).
* 1 2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).