馗

馗 U+9997, 馗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9997
← 首
[U+9996] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 馘 →
[U+9998]

Translingual

Han character

馗 (Kangxi radical 185, 首+2, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大弓廿竹山 (KNTHU), four-corner 48016, composition ⿺九首)

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1428, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44492
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1954, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4501, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9997

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 馗
2nd round simp. ⿺九刀
alternative forms 𠃳

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 馗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
尻 *kʰuː
訄 *kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓 *qʰruː
鳩 *ku
勼 *ku
九 *kuʔ
究 *kus
仇 *ɡu
鼽 *ɡu
犰 *ɡu
叴 *ɡu
厹 *ɡu
頄 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹 *ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗 *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏 *ɡu
訅 *ɡu
釚 *ɡu
肍 *ɡu
軌 *kʷrɯwʔ
宄 *kʷrɯwʔ
氿 *kʷrɯwʔ
匭 *kʷrɯwʔ
泦 *kuɡ
旭 *qʰʷoɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 馗
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠追切
Baxter gwij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡʷᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gjwi/
Li
Rong		 /ɡjui/
Wang
Li		 /ɡwi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kuí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 kwai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 馗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kuí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gwij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ʷru/
English thoroughfare

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 馗
Reading # 2/2
No. 6963
Phonetic
component		 九
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 逵
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷrɯw/
Notes 集韻改渠龜切

Definitions

馗

  1. (literary) Alternative form of 逵 (kuí, “thoroughfare”)
  2. Used in personal names.
Compounds
  • 氣殺鍾馗／气杀钟馗
  • 鍾馗／钟馗

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 馗
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨鳩切
Baxter gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guw/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiu/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 kau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 馗
Reading # 1/2
No. 6952
Phonetic
component		 九
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 𧚍
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡu/

Definitions

馗

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Japanese

Kanji
馗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. road

Readings

Korean

Hanja

馗 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

  1. cheekbone
  2. path, road
  3. intersection

Vietnamese

Han character

馗: Hán Việt readings: quỳ[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of quỳ.

References
  1. Trần (2004).

Zhuang

Noun

馗

  1. Sawndip form of gyaeuj (“head; headhair”)
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