岐
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See also: 歧
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Translingual
Han character
岐 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山十水 (UJE), four-corner 24747, composition ⿰山支)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7936
- Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 762, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5C90
Chinese
| trad. | 岐 | |
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| simp. # | 岐 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 岐 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 支 | *kje |
| 枝 | *kje |
| 肢 | *kje |
| 汥 | *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres |
| 衼 | *kje |
| 馶 | *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe |
| 鳷 | *kje |
| 忮 | *kjes |
| 伎 | *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ |
| 豉 | *ɡjes |
| 翅 | *qʰjes |
| 翄 | *qʰjes, *ɡe |
| 妓 | *kre, *ɡreʔ |
| 庋 | *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ |
| 跂 | *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 蚑 | *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 吱 | *kʰes |
| 岐 | *ɡe |
| 歧 | *ɡe |
| 鬾 | *ɡre, *ɡres |
| 技 | *ɡreʔ |
| 芰 | *ɡres |
| 攱 | *kʷreʔ, *kʷres |
| 庪 | *kʷreʔ |
| 頍 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 屐 | *ɡreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡe) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kei4
- Eastern Min (BUC): gì / giè
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cí
- Wade–Giles: chʻi2
- Yale: chí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
- Palladius: ци (ci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kei4
- Yale: kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gì / giè
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki⁵³/, /kie⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note: giè - mostly in place names.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: gjie
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/
Definitions
岐
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 岐 – see 歧 (“forked road; fork; divide; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 歧). |
Notes:
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References
- “岐”, 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–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “岐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 181.
Japanese
Kanji
岐
- branch off
- fork in road
Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 岐 |
| ちまた Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 岐 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 岐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
岐 (eum 기 (gi))
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Vietnamese
Han character
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