膭

膭 U+81AD, 膭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81AD ← 膬 [U+81AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 膮 → [U+81AE]

Translingual

Han character

膭 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月中一金 (BLMC), composition ⿰月貴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 994, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29867
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2111, character 13
• Unihan data for U+81AD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		膭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Yale: gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kwoj, hwojH

Rime
Character	膭	膭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	公回切	胡對切
Baxter	kwoj	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuʌi/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoi/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəj/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/kuᴀi/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuɑ̆i/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gui1	wui6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kluːl/, /*ɡluːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膭	膭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	4713	4721
Phonetic component	貴	貴
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	傀	潰
Old Chinese	/*kluːl/	/*ɡluːls/

Definitions

膭

1. (of clothes) loose; large
2. (of person) fat; plump; corpulent
3. (medicine) hypertrophied