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魁

魁 U+9B41, 魁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B41
← 魀
[U+9B40] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 魂 →
[U+9B42]

Translingual

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Han character

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魁 (Kangxi radical 194, 鬼+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈卜十 (HIYJ), four-corner 24210, composition ⿺鬼斗)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1461, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45785
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1994, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4429, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+9B41

Chinese

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trad. 魁
simp. # 魁
alternative forms
𫿶
𣁽
𩲔
𱆗
𩲙
𫿶
𣁽
𩲔
𱆗
𩲙
𩳭
𩲅
𭔷
𰁩
𫣅
櫆
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 魁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (鬼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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 *kʰuːl) : phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ) + semantic 斗 (“ladle”) – soup ladle.

Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 傀 (OC *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ) "extraordinary" > "great"?”

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 魁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦回切
Baxter khwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰuoi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwəj/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuᴀi/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fui1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 魁 魁 魁
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuí kuí kuí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khwoj › ‹ khwoj › ‹ khwoj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[kʰ]ˁuj/ /*[kʰ]ˁuj/ /*[kʰ]ˁuj/
English great; principal; chief spoon mound

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 魁
Reading # 1/1
No. 4663
Phonetic
component 		鬼
Rime
group 		微
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		恢
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰuːl/

Definitions

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魁

  1. first; leading; best
  2. chief; leader; head
  3. tall and big; imposing; stalwart
  4. outstanding; prominent; exceptional
  5. (literary) soup ladle; dipper; spoon
  6. (literary, astronomy) Dubhe (the first star in the Big Dipper, farthest from the handle)
    1. (literary, astronomy) the four stars comprising the bowl of the Big Dipper
  7. (obsolete) mound; small hill
  8. (obsolete) blood clam
  9. a surname

Compounds

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References

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Pronunciation 2

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魁

  1. † Alternative form of 塊／块 (kuài, “alone; solitary”)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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魁

  1. (Hokkien) Used in 魁頭／魁头 (khe-thâu).

Japanese

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Kanji

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魁

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. One who charges ahead of others
  2. leader, forerunner

Readings

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  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)←くわい (kwai, historical)
  • Kun: かしら (kashira, 魁)、さきがけ (sakigake, 魁)

Korean

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Hanja

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魁 (eum 괴 (goe))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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魁: Hán Nôm readings: khôi

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