夬

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夬	U+592C, 夬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-592C

← 夫
[U+592B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夭 →
[U+592D]

Translingual

Han character

夬 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 木大 (DK), four-corner 5003₇, composition ⿻𠃍大 or ⿻ユ人)

Derived characters

决, 抉, 訣 (诀), 缺 (蒛), 袂, 玦, 䏐, 赽, 趹, 蚗, 駃 (𫘝), 觖, 芵, 鴃, 鈌, 鴂, 妜, 砄, 刔, 疦, 㭈, 炔, 快, 㹟, 䦼, 吷, 块, 決, 快, 𢁪, 𢎹, 𨑣, 䀗, 䆕, 𤰮, 𤱉, 𥁍, 𥝭, 𫛞, 䊽, 𠜵, 𧖫, 䦑, 𡙇, 䫼, 𦑗, 𡙖, 𡥹, 𤱾, 𨾕, 𩂃, 𩚟, 𪩺

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5836
Dae Jaweon: page 507, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 11
Unihan data for U+592C

Chinese

trad.		夬
simp. ^#		夬
alternative forms		叏

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夬
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	kʰʷraːds, kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	kʰʷeds, kʷeːd
缺	kʰʷed, kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	qʷed, qʷeːd
決	kʷeːd, qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	kʷeːd, qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	kʷeːd, qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Pictogram (象形) — a hand wearing an archer's thumb ring (Li Xueqing, 2012).

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Burmese ကွဲ (kwai:, “to be separated, burst”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guài (guai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai² / gwaai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koái / koat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guài
  - Wade–Giles: kuai⁴
  - Yale: gwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guay
  - Palladius: гуай (guaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaai² / gwaai³
  - Yale: gwáai / gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai² / gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai² / guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵/, /kʷaːi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái / koat
  - Tâi-lô: kuái / kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koae, koad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴/, /kuat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuai⁵³/, /kuat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴¹/, /kuat̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kwaejH

Rime
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	夬 (30)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古賣切
Baxter	kwaejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuai^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚai^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kuai^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaɨjs^H/
Li Rong	/kuai^H/
Wang Li	/kwæi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwai^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤret-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷraːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	夬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guài
Middle Chinese	‹ kwæj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁret-s/
English	divide, make a breach
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	夬
Reading #	1/1
No.	4406
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	卦
Old Chinese	/*kʷraːds/
Notes	本抉指初文

Definitions

夬

resolute
43rd hexagram of the I Ching

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 決 (“to dredge; to dig; to burst; to break; to breach; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 決).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夬 – see 缺 (“incomplete; uncompleted; deficient; imperfect; flawed; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 缺).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WAY Finals (9. Split; to Split; Half)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 22

Japanese

Kanji

夬

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: け (ke)、けち (kechi)
Kan-on: かい (kai)、けつ (ketsu)
Kun: わける (wakeru, 夬ける)、きめる (kimeru)、ゆがけ (yugake)

Korean

Hanja

夬 • (kwae) (hangeul 쾌, revised kwae, McCune–Reischauer k'wae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夬: Hán Nôm readings: quái

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References

Nom Foundation

[1] Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WAY Finals (9. Split; to Split; Half)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 22

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夬

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Han character

Derived characters

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Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

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