衹

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See also: 祗, 祇, 秖, and 只
衹 U+8879, 衹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8879
← 衸
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 衺 →

Translingual

Han character

衹 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹女心 (LHVP), four-corner 32240, composition ⿰衤氏)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1112, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34141
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3079, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8879

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (氏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
氏 *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ
衹 *kje, *ɡe
紙 *kjeʔ
帋 *kjeʔ
扺 *kjeʔ
坁 *kjeʔ
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil
忯 *ɡje, *ɡe
眂 *ɡje, *ɡils
舐 *ɦljeʔ
芪 *ɡe
祇 *ɡe
疧 *ɡe
軝 *ɡe
蚔 *ɡe

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 衹 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 只).

Etymology 2

trad. 衹
simp. 只*

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衹
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨支切
Baxter gjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/giə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɡie/
Wang
Li 		/ɡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衹
Reading # 2/2
No. 11527
Phonetic
component 		氏
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		祇
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡe/

Definitions

衹

  1. Used in 衹衼 (“clothing worn by monks and nuns”).
  2. Alternative form of 祇 (qí)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 衹 – see 緹.
(This character is a variant form of 緹).

Japanese

Kanji

衹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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