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Translingual
Han character
琪 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿一金 (MGTMC), four-corner 14181, composition ⿰𤣩其)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21067
- Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 3
- Unihan data for U+742A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 基
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*kɯ
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| 箕
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*kɯ
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| 朞
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*kɯ
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| 稘
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*kɯ
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| 萁
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 期
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 諅
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*kɯ, *ɡɯs
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| 其
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 錤
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*kɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 諆
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*kɯ, *kʰɯ
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| 欺
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*kʰɯ
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| 娸
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*kʰɯ
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| 魌
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*kʰɯ
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| 僛
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*kʰɯ
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| 唭
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*kʰɯs
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| 棋
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*ɡɯ
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| 旗
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*ɡɯ
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| 淇
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*ɡɯ
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| 祺
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*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
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| 琪
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*ɡɯ
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| 騏
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*ɡɯ
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| 綦
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*ɡɯ
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| 麒
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*ɡɯ
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| 蜞
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*ɡɯ
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| 綨
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*ɡɯ
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| 蜝
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*ɡɯ
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| 棊
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*ɡɯ
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| 碁
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*ɡɯ
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| 鯕
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*ɡɯ
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| 踑
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*ɡɯ
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| 藄
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*ɡɯ
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| 櫀
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*ɡɯ
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| 璂
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*ɡɯ
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| 禥
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*ɡɯ
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| 惎
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*ɡɯs
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| 帺
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*ɡɯs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯ) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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琪
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9953
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Phonetic
component
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其
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Rime
group
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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其
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡɯ/
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Definitions
琪
- a beautiful jade; also connotes flourishing flowers and plants; a metaphor for precious things
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
琪
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- type of jade
Readings
Korean
Hanja
琪 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
- fine jade
Vietnamese
Han character
琪: Hán Nôm readings: kì
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