# 傀

| 傀 | U+5080, &#20608; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5080 |
| ← 偿 [U+507F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 傁 → [U+5081] |

## Translingual
### Han character

傀 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人竹山戈 (OHUI), four-corner 2621$_3$, composition ⿰亻鬼)

#### Derived characters

* 𧝛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 112, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 928
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 192, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5080

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 傀
* Small seal scripts05689Transcribed ancient scriptsL31031L31032L04049L04050L04051L04053
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 謉 | *tkuːlʔ, *krul |
| 瑰 | *kuːl, *ɡuːl |
| 傀 | *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ |
| 藱 | *kuːl |
| 魁 | *kʰuːl |
| 磈 | *kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ |
| 塊 | *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds |
| 嵬 | *ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 隗 | *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 槐 | *ɡuːl, *ɡruːl |
| 瘣 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 廆 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 溾 | *ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl |
| 螝 | *ɡuːls, *krul |
| 褢 | *ɡruːl |
| 騩 | *krul, *kruls, *kul |
| 愧 | *kruls |
| 媿 | *kruls |
| 聭 | *kruls |
| 餽 | *ɡruls |
| 鬼 | *kulʔ |
| 魏 | *ŋɡuls |
| 巍 | *ŋul |
| 犩 | *ŋul, *ŋuls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ).

### Etymology 1

傀 (OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" (Zhouli) > 瑰 (OC *kuːl, *ɡuːl) "rare, marvelous" > a kind precious stone" (Shijing).
傀 (OC *kûi) seemingly had the same OC rhyme as 怪 (OC *kwrêh; *kwêh); they may be merely variants (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuǐ, guī (kui$^3$, gui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ, ㄍㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuěi
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuei$^3$
*** Yale: kwěi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koei
*** Palladius: куй (kuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^1$
*** Yale: gwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kwoj
Rime :
| Character | 傀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 公回切 |
| Baxter | kwoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuoi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwəj/ |
| Li Rong | /kuᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /kuɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gui$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 傀 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 4661 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 傀 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːl/ |

#### Definitions

傀
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great; tall; grand
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) odd; peculiar; extraordinary

##### Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of the pronunciation guī.

#### Compounds

* 倭傀
* 倔傀
* 傀俄
* 傀偉 / 傀伟
* 傀卓
* 傀奇
* 傀怪
* 傀民
* 傀然
* 傀異 / 傀异
* 奇傀
* 琦傀

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuǐ (kui$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faai$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khúi / ka
* 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: faai$^3$
*** Yale: faai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːi̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khúi
*** Tâi-lô: khuí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰui⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰui⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
*** Tâi-lô: ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
* Middle Chinese: khwojX
Rime :
| Character | 傀 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 口猥切 |
| Baxter | khwojX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuʌi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuoi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɒi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwəj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuᴀi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuɒi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰuɑ̆i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fui$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 傀 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 4664 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䫥 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰuːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

傀
* Only used in 傀儡 (kuǐlěi, “puppet”).

### References

* “傀”, 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–
* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “傀”, 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), A00222

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* large

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: おおきい (ookii, 傀い)

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC khwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 괴〯 (kwǒy) (Yale: kwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kwe̞(ː)] ~ [kø̞(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [궤(ː)/괴(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

#### Hanja

Wikisource 傀 (eumhun 꼭두각시/허수아비 괴 (kkokdugaksi/heosuabi goe))
* hanja form of 괴 (“puppet”)

#### Compounds

* 괴뢰 (傀儡, goeroe, “puppet”)
* 괴뢰군 (傀儡軍, goeroegun, “puppet army”)
* 북괴 (北傀, bukgoe)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 傀 (MC kwoj).

#### Hanja

傀 (eumhun 클 괴 (keul goe))
* (literary) hanja form of 괴 (“large”)

#### Compounds

* 괴연 (傀然, goeyeon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

傀: Hán Nôm readings: khôi, khổi, ngội, ổi
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