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See also: ⿻千⿱卄一
U+4E56, 乖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E56

[U+4E55]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E57]

Translingual

Japanese ⿻千⿱卄一
Simplified
Traditional
Stroke order
Stroke order
Japan

Han character

(Kangxi radical 4, 丿+7, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹十中心 (HJLP), four-corner 20111, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 149
  • Dae Jaweon: page 166, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 38, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+4E56

Chinese

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𠁰
𦮃
𠂯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts


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).

Pronunciation


Note: 1kuae - Literary reading.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (34)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter kweaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠuɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwəɨj/
Li
Rong
/kuɛi/
Wang
Li
/kwɐi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kwăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwaai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guāi
Middle
Chinese
‹ kwɛj ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʷˁrəj/
English oppose; disorder

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4401
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷrɯːl/

Definitions

  1. clever; alert
  2. (usually of a child or animal) well-behaved; docile; obedient; nice; untroublesome
    真係 [Cantonese, trad.]
    真系 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 go3 zai2 zan1 hai6 hou2 gwaai1. [Jyutping]
    Your son is very well-behaved.
    唔好~。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    m4 hou2 haam3 laa1. gwaai1 ~. [Jyutping]
    Don't cry, OK? (talking to a child)
  3. (literary, or in compounds) to violate; to rebel
  4. (literary, or in compounds) to separate; to split
  5. (literary, or in compounds) to break off; to cut off
  6. (literary, or in compounds) difference; mistake
  7. (literary, or in compounds) unnatural; strange
      ―  guāi  ―  perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)
  8. (Sichuanese, Xiang) beautiful

Usage notes

  • Unlike English obedient, is a positive compliment when used to describe a child. On the contrary, it is similarly disparaging when used for adults.

Synonyms

  • (clever):
edit
  • (well-behaved):
edit
  • (to violate):
edit
  • (beautiful):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of clever):
edit
  • (antonym(s) of well-behaved): (Cantonese) (jai5)

See also

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

⿻千⿱卄一

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿻千⿱卄一)

  1. to diverge, to disobey, to go against

Readings

  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)くわい (kwai, historical)
  • Kun: もとる (motoru, 乖る)そむく (somuku, 乖く)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 어그러질 (eogeureojil goe))

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References

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: quai, quay

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References