珪

珪 U+73EA, 珪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73EA
← 珩
[U+73E9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 珫 →
[U+73EB]

Translingual

Han character

珪 (radical 96, 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土土土 (MGGG), four-corner 14114, composition ⿰𤣩圭)

  1. jade tablet conferred upon feudal princes by the emperor as a symbol of dignity and authority

References
  • KangXi: page 731, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20972
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1109, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+73EA

Cantonese

Hanzi

珪 (Jyutping gwai1, Yale gwai1)

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Japanese

Kanji
珪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds
  • 珪璋 (けいしょう) (keishō)
  • 珪璧 (けいへき) (keiheki)
  • 玄珪 (げんけい) (genkei)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
珪
けい
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

/kʷei/ → /kei/

From Middle Chinese 珪 (MC kwei).

The "silicon" sense is an extension of the "authority symbol" sense. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Affix

珪 (hiragana けい, rōmaji kei)

  1. (historical) jade tablet conferred upon princes as a symbol of authority
  2. silicon

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 珪化 (けいか) (keika)
  • 珪華 (けいか) (keika)
  • 珪岩 (けいがん) (keigan)
  • 珪鉱 (けいこう) (keikō)
  • 珪砂 (けいさ) (keisa)
  • 珪酸 (けいさん) (keisan)
  • 珪質 (けいしつ) (keishitsu)
  • 珪砂 (けいしゃ) (keisha)
  • 珪石 (けいせき) (keiseki)
  • 珪素 (けいそ) (keiso)
  • 珪藻 (けいそう) (keisō)
    • 珪藻 (けいそう)植物 (しょくぶつ) (keisō shokubutsu)
    • 珪藻類 (けいそうるい) (keisōrui)
  • 珪土 (けいど) (keido)
  • 珪銅線 (けいどうせん) (keidōsen)
  • 珪肺 (けいはい) (keihai)
  • 白珪 (はっけい) (hakkei)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

珪 (Pinyin guī (gui1), Wade-Giles kuei1)

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