垓

See also: 陔
垓 U+5793, 垓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5793
← 垒
[U+5792] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 垔 →
[U+5794]

Translingual

Han character

垓 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土卜女人 (GYVO), four-corner 40182, composition ⿰土亥)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 227, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5040
  • Dae Jaweon: page 463, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 441, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5793

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 垓

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
該 *kɯː
垓 *kɯː
賅 *kɯː
陔 *kɯː
豥 *kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄 *kɯː, *krɯː
郂 *kɯː
姟 *kɯː
絯 *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐 *kɯː
峐 *kɯː
侅 *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲 *kɯː
頦 *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒 *kʰɯː
輆 *kʰɯːʔ
欬 *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋 *ŋɡɯːɡs
閡 *ŋɡɯːɡs
咳 *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩 *ɡɯː
亥 *ɡɯːʔ
劾 *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎 *krɯː
烗 *kʰrɯːɡs
骸 *ɡrɯː
駭 *ɡrɯːʔ
刻 *kʰɯːɡ
餩 *qɯːɡ
核 *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 垓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古哀切
Baxter koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kəi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəj/
Li
Rong		 /kᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /kɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 goi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 垓
Reading # 1/1
No. 4804
Phonetic
component		 亥
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 該
Old
Chinese		 /*kɯː/

Definitions

垓

  1. border; boundary
  2. (mathematics) 1020

Compounds
  • 九垓
  • 八垓
  • 半垓
  • 垓下
  • 垓下歌
  • 垓前
  • 垓埏
  • 垓心 (gāixīn)
  • 垓極／垓极
  • 大會垓／大会垓
  • 鬧垓垓／闹垓垓

See also
Chinese numerals
1041081012101610201024102810321036104010441048
萬／万 (wàn) 億／亿 (yì) 兆 (zhào) (Taiwan) 京 (jīng) (Taiwan) 垓 (gāi) 秭 (zǐ) 穰 (ráng) 溝／沟 (gōu) 澗／涧 (jiàn) 正 (zhèng) 載／载 (zài) 極／极 (jí)
萬億／万亿 (wànyì)
(Mainland China)		 億億/亿亿
(Mainland China)

Japanese

Kanji
垓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. border
  2. boundary
  3. staircase
  4. hundred quintillion

Readings

Numeral

垓(がい) • (gai) 

  1. A number of 1020 in modern Japanese since 17th century.

References
  1. “垓”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

垓 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae)

  1. border, boundary, frontier

Vietnamese

Han character

垓: Hán Nôm readings: cai, gay, gây

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