揆

揆 U+63C6, 揆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C6 ← 揅 [U+63C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 揇 → [U+63C7]

Translingual

Han character

揆 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手弓人大 (QNOK), four-corner 5203₄, composition ⿰扌癸)

1. prime minister
2. to guess, estimate

Derived characters

• 𦺕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12326
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1926, character 8
• Unihan data for U+63C6

Chinese

trad.		揆
simp. #		揆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (癸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
睽	*kʰʷiːl
湀	*kʰʷiːl, *kʷilʔ, *ɡʷilʔ, *kʰʷiːd
聧	*kʰʷiː
藈	*kʰʷiːl
癸	*kʷilʔ
葵	*ɡʷil
鄈	*ɡʷil
楑	*ɡʷil, *ɡʷilʔ
戣	*ɡʷril
鍨	*ɡʷril
騤	*ɡʷril, *kʷiːd
揆	*ɡʷilʔ
猤	*ɡʷils
闋	*kʰʷiːd

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuí (kui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴ / kwai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuéi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuei²
    • Yale: kwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kwei
    • Palladius: куй (kuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴ / kwai⁵
    • Yale: kwàih / kwáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴ / kwai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴ / kuei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/, /kʷʰɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwijX

Rime
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求癸切
Baxter	gjwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwiX/
Li Rong	/ɡuiX/
Wang Li	/ɡwiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷilʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷijʔ/
English	measure, estimate (v.)
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	揆
Reading #	1/1
No.	4652
Phonetic component	癸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	揆
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷilʔ/

Definitions

揆

1. ^⁜ guess; to conjecture; to surmise; to reckon
2. (dated or formal) leader of the government

   閣揆／阁揆  ―  gékuí  ―  (formal) prime minister; premier

   1. (Hong Kong, Taiwan, formal) prime minister

      Synonyms: 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ), 首相 (shǒuxiàng), 相 (xiàng)

      英揆  ―  Yīng kuí  ―  the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

   2. (Taiwan, formal) president of the Executive Yuan; premier of the Republic of China

      Synonyms: 行政院長／行政院长 (xíngzhèng yuànzhǎng), 院長／院长 (yuànzhǎng)

      賴揆／赖揆  ―  Lài kuí  ―  Premier Lai Ching-te

Usage notes

The modern usage of the second sense is mostly on newspaper article titles. For the sense of prime minister of a country, this word is preceded by the short form of the name of the country. For the sense of premier of the Republic of the China, this word is preceded by the surname of the premier.

Compounds

• 一揆 (yīkuí)
• 揆一
• 揆席
• 揆度
• 揆情度理
• 揆诸
• 百揆
• 端揆
• 道揆 (dàokuí)
• 閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koe̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kueʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

揆

1. Alternative form of 劌／刿 (“to rub against; classifier for a segment or section of something that is long”)

References

• “揆”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #4634”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji

揆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. category
2. plan
3. drumstick

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揆る)、はかりごと (hakarigoto, 揆)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

揆: Hán Nôm readings: quẫy

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