phonetic map : 贵 gui

goulnik
 October 11, 2008, 08:09 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 贵

gui
贵 guì costly; highly valued; noble
宝贵 bǎoguì valuable; precious
贵主 guìzhǔ princess
kui
溃 kuì to burst; break through
崩溃 bēngkuì to collapse; fall apart
冲溃 chōngkuì to burst open
 馈 kuì to give as a present
反馈 fǎnkuì n. feedback
 匮 kuì to lack
不匮 bùkuì endlessly
愦 kuì muddled
愦乱 kuìluàn dazed and confused
 篑 kuì basket for collecting dirt
一篑之功 yīkuìzhīgōng the effort that assures final success
 聩 kuì deaf
聩昏 kuìhūn ignorant
hui
缋 huì to paint; draw
绘图 huìtú to draw pictures / drawings
 溃 huì .
溃脓 huìnóng suppuration
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henning
 October 11, 2008, 08:19 AM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

一篑之功@yīkuìzhīgōng@the effort that assures final success
不匮@bùkuì@endlessly
冲溃@chōngkuì@to burst open
匮@kuì@to lack
反馈@fǎnkuì@n. feedback
宝贵@bǎoguì@valuable; precious
崩溃@bēngkuì@to collapse; fall apart
愦@kuì@muddled
愦乱@kuìluàn@dazed and confused
溃@kuì@to burst; break through
溃脓@huìnóng@suppuration
篑@kuì@basket for collecting dirt
绘图@huìtú@to draw pictures / drawings
缋@huì@to paint; draw
聩@kuì@deaf
聩昏@kuìhūn@ignorant
贵@guì@costly; highly valued; noble
贵主@guìzhǔ@princess
馈@kuì@to give as a present

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changye
 October 11, 2008, 04:30 PM

The character "贵" (gui4) is just a mystery for me, a Japanese guy, because its sound is rather different from that in Japanese, i.e. "ki".

The ancient sound of "贵" is "kiwoi" or somethng like that in China. And its modern Korean sound is "kui", which is similar to both Chinese "gui" and Japanese "ki".

So I guess the Chinese character "贵" was introduced to Japan by Korean people. The original sound "kiwoi" was probably "tempered" during the process of transfer.