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Translingual
Han character
祁 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓中 (IFNL), four-corner 37227, composition ⿰礻阝)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24634
- Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2385, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7941
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 示
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*ɡle, *ɢljils
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| 祁
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*ɡril, *kljilʔ
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| 狋
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*ŋɡril, *ɡʷren
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| 視
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*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
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| 眎
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*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
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| 沶
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*li
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡril, *kljilʔ) : phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils) + semantic 邑 (“place”).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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祁
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祁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qí
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qí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gij ›
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‹ gij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*rij/
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/*rə/
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| English
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(place name)
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great, numerous
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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祁
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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11599
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Phonetic
component
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示
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鬐
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡril/
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Definitions
祁
- † great
- (～縣) Qi County (a county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)
- Short for 祁門／祁门 (Qímén).
- Short for 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng).
- ‡ numerous; ample; abundant
- a surname
- 祁家威 ― Qí Jiāwēi ― Chi Chia-wei (a Taiwanese gay civil rights activist)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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祁
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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11601
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Phonetic
component
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示
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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旨
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Old
Chinese
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/*kljilʔ/
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| Notes
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礻原作示
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Definitions
祁
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Japanese
Kanji
祁
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
祁 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
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Vietnamese
Han character
祁: Hán Việt readings: kì[1][2][3][4], kỳ[1][2][3][4]
祁: Nôm readings: kì[1], kỳ[1]
- chữ Hán form of Kì (“a surname”).
References