技

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技 U+6280, 技
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6280
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Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

技 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十水 (QJE), four-corner 54047, composition ⿰扌支)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11855
  • Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6280

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 技

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 技
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
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 *ɡreʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje) – skill with one’s hands, artisan.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kī/kǐ - literary;
  • ki - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 技
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕi⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕi³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕji²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕi¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕi¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕi¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕi²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑi³¹/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑi¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Hakka Meixian /kʰi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ki²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kei²²/
Nanning /ki²²/
Hong Kong /kei²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ki²²/
/ki⁵⁵/ 俗
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɛi²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ki⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ki³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ki³⁵/
Rime
Character 技
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠綺切
Baxter gjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gjiə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjeX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/gie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 技
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gjeX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*reʔ/
English skill

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 技
Reading # 1/1
No. 17229
Phonetic
component 		支
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		技
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreʔ/

Definitions

技

  1. skill; ability; talent; artistry; technique
  2. ingenuity; creativity; inventiveness
  3. † singing and dancing, or one who is skilled in singing and dancing; actor or actress
  4. † craftsman; artisan

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

技

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: わざ (waza, 技, Jōyō)

Noun

Kanji in this term
技
わざ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
技
ぎ
Grade: 5
on'yomi

技(わざ) or 技(ワザ) or 技(ぎ) • (waza or gi) 

  1. technique, art, skill

Korean

Hanja

技 (eumhun 재주 기 (jaeju gi))

  1. hanja form? of 기 (“skill”)

Vietnamese

Han character

技: Hán Nôm readings: kĩ, kỹ

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