知己

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Chinese

to know; to be aware 6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad.
(知己) 		知 己

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 知 己
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 陟移切 居里切
Baxter trje kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈiᴇ/ /kɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈiɛ/ /kɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶjɛ/ /kieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈiə̆/ /kɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶie/ /kiəX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶǐe/ /kĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶie̯/ /kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhī jǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi1 gei2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 知 己
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhī jǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trje › ‹ kiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tre/ /*k(r)əʔ/
English know self

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 知 己
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11495 5765
Phonetic
component 		矢 己
Rime
group 		支 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔl'e/ /*kɯʔ/
Notes 沈兼士依韻會所引說文從口矢聲

Noun

知己

  1. intimate friend; close friend

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

知己

  1. (literary) to know oneself; to be intimate with oneself
  2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be aware of one's duty

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (知己):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
知 己
ち
Grade: 2 		き
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

知(ち)己(き) • (chiki) 

  1. close friend

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
知己

Noun

知己

  1. chữ Hán form of tri kỉ (“bosom friend”).

Verb

知己

  1. chữ Hán form of tri kỉ (“to confide, to open one's heart”).
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