跂

跂 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一十水 (RMJE), four-corner 6414₇, composition ⿰𧾷支)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1222, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37416
• Dae Jaweon: page 1694, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3689, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8DC2

Historical forms of the character 跂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

跂

1. (literary) extra toe
2. (literary) Alternative form of 蚑 (qí, “creeping; crawling”)

跂

1. (literary) Alternative form of 企 (qǐ, “to stand on tiptoe”)

   • 吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。吾嘗跂而望矣，不如登高之博見也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě. Wú cháng qǐ ér wàng yǐ, bùrú dēnggāo zhī bó jiàn yě.

     I once thought for a whole day, but this could not compare with a moment of learning; I once tiptoed and looked off into the distance, but this could not compare with the broad view at a high altitude.

跂

1. ^† to sit with feet hanging

跂

1. ^† Alternative form of 屐 (jī, “clogs”)

跂

1. Only used in 踶跂.

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04869
• “跂”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)、し (shi)
• Kun: むつゆび (mutsuyubi)、つまだてる (tsumadateru, 跂てる)

跂 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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