觿

觿 · xī

a bodkin made of ivory, horn

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
kwai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a bodkin made of ivory, horn

Dictionary definitions & readings

觿 xī · ivory bodkin for undoing knots

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63935.040:xī,wéi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1229.040:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.250:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵kwai4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ キ スイ ゲイ くじり つのぎり Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許規 戶圭 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NBUOB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2222.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1145.280 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
042.38 092.44 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0880e Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+89FF
Radical
角 · 148
Strokes
25
Residual strokes
18
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8104

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xjwie · 許規 · 止合三平支曉 · #94
Middle Chinese
hwej · 戸圭 · 蟹合四平齊匣 · #318

PHONO-ML, source line 811; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1236.502
kDaeJaweon
1612.140
kGSR
0880e
kHanYu
63935.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1612.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63935.040
kIRGKangXi
1145.280
kKangXi
1145.280
kMatthews
2445
kMeyerWempe
1384c
kMorohashi
35198
kSBGY
042.38 092.44
kSMSZD2003Index
641.11
kCangjie
NBUOB
kFourCornerCode
2222.7
kMojiJoho
MJ024330
kPhonetic
720
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-7252
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F94C
kIRG_JSource
J14-7852
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7583
kIRG_KSource
K2-602A
kIRG_TSource
T2-713B
kRSUnicode
148.18
kTotalStrokes
25
kBigFive
F94C
kCCCII
23316B
kCNS1986
2-713B
kCNS1992
2-713B
kEACC
23316B
kGB3
8250
kJIS0213
2,88,50
kJis1
6134
kTGH
2013:8104
kTaiwanTelegraph
6054
kXerox
272:126
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18668+148.7.18
kCantonese
kwai4
kDefinition
a bodkin made of ivory, horn
kFanqie
許規 戶圭
kHanyuPinyin
63935.040:xī,wéi
kJapanese
ケイ キ スイ ゲイ くじり つのぎり
kJapaneseKun
KUJIRI TSUNOGIRI
kJapaneseOn
KEI E SUI KI
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵kwai4
kTGHZ2013
393.250:xī
kTang
huei xiuɛ
kXHC1983
1229.040:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 觿0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
角 beside 巂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰角巂$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰角巂$(GHTJKP)

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