kuì
heave sigh
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ʷʰˤrə[t]-s | khweajH | kuì | sigh |
*[k]ʷʰrə[t]-s | khwijH | kuì | sigh |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4423rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+559F |
Shuowen | “喟,大息也。从口,胃聲。嘳,喟或从貴。” |
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