phonetic map : 夬 guai
goulnik
December 10, 2008, 06:20 AM posted in General Discussion| guai | ||
| 夬 guài (component) |
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| kuai | ||
| 快 kuài fast; quick; soon; ingenious; sharp; pleased 赶快 gǎnkuài quickly; hastily 眼快 yǎnkuài sharp-eyed 快刀 kuàidāo sharp knife 凉快 liángkuai pleasantly cool 愉快 yúkuài happy; cheerful |
块 kuài (量词 piece; lump; chunk; 元) ** 冰块 bīngkuài ice cube/chunk 石块 shíkuài stone; rock; block |
筷 kuài chopsticks 筷子 kuàizi ∼ |
| jue | ||
| 决 jué to decide; execute sb. bid farewell; sever relations; burst 决定 juédìng to decide / resolution 处决 chǔjué to put to death 决裂 juéliè to break with; burst open |
诀 jué rhymed mnemonic; tricks of the trade / to part 口诀 kǒujué instruction in rhyme 秘诀 mìjué secret of success; knack 诀别 juébié to bid farewell |
抉 jué to pick out; single out 抉择 juézé to choose / decision 抉首 juéshǒu to decapitate |
| 觖 jué unsatisfied 觖望 juéwàng dissatisfied and resentful |
(马+夬) jué . (马+夬)(马+是) juétí mule ** |
(鸟+夬) jué shrike (是+鸟)(鸟+夬) tíjué cuckoo ** (鸟+夬)舌juéshé languages of barbarians |
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| 缺 quē to lack / vacancy; opening 缺点 quēdiǎn shortcoming; weakness 缺乏 quēfá to be short of; lack 缺位 quēwèi vacant position; opening |
炔 quē alkyne 乙炔 yǐquē acetylene 萘炔 nàiquē naphthalyne |
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| mei | ||
| 袂 mèi sleeve 把袂 bǎmèi to have an intimate friendship 分袂 fēnmèi to part company |
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** 块 is the simplified form of 塊, see 鬼 (gui) map
** (马+夬)(马+是) offspring of a male donkey and a female horse
** (马+是)(鸟+夬) also written 鹈(鸟夬)
changye
December 10, 2008, 06:42 AM夬 koat > kwai > kuai > kuai (guai)
决 khoat > khwai > khuai > khuai (kuai)
快 kiwat > kiwet > kiue > (jue)
As is always the case, the vowel "i" located after the consonant caused a big difference in modern sounds of this series characters. Both consonant and vowel of "快" changed drastically compared to other characters in this group.
goulnik
December 10, 2008, 07:59 AMI forgot to mention that 夬 is |||||¦ one of the 64 hexagrams (六十四卦 liùshísìguà) from the 易经 (Yìjīng) Book of Changes
changye
December 10, 2008, 08:08 AMThey are ancient "barcodes", aren't they?
changye
December 10, 2008, 12:45 PMHi goulniky,
I'm a bit tipsy now, so let me tell you something. The long bar in the barcode represents "阳" (positive), and this usually means "a man". The two short bars indicate "阴", which indicates "a woman" in Yin-Yang thought. Don't ask me why. Good night.
goulnik
December 10, 2008, 02:16 PMone bar could be for single-minded, two bars for open-minded, able to multitask (do several things at once :-))
goulnik
December 10, 2008, 06:14 AM马+夬 (jué) 马+是 (tí) 鸟+夬 (jué) and 是+鸟 (tí) are single characters (radical+phonetic) that don't have a Unicode representation.sa