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U+671F, 期
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Stroke order
12 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 74, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月 (TCB), four-corner 47820, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 506, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14378
  • Dae Jaweon: page 887, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2083, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+671F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) : phonetic (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic (moon) – changing moon marks the passage of time, hence a period of time. In the original version, there was a sun 日 instead of the moon, hence the original version is 㫷 (with variant 𣇳).

Etymology

Cognate with (OC *kɯ, “should; probably”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (30)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨ/
Li
Rong
/ɡiə/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/gi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese
/*(r)ə/
English period of time

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 9949
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

  1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet
    而遇  ―  'éryù  ―  to meet unexpectedly or by chance
  2. (literary) to meet; to gather
  3. to hope; to wish; to expect
      ―  dài  ―  to look forward to
    未來未来  ―  wèilái kě   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. date; specific day; scheduled time (Classifier: c)
      ―  xiàn  ―  deadline
  5. (Cantonese) time slots; schedule
    今個全部 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今个全部 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 gam1 go3 jyut6 di1 kei4 cyun4 bou6 baau3 saai3.
    All my time slots are filled this month.
  6. period of time; stage
      ―  xué  ―  semester
    青春  ―  qīngchūn  ―  adolescence
  7. (geology) age (geochronologic unit)
  8. Classifier for issues of periodical publications.all nouns using this classifier
  9. Classifier for periods of time or stages of a project.
  10. (obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
  11. (obsolete) limit
  12. (obsolete) good fortune; chance

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨ/
Li
Rong
/kiə/
Wang
Li
/kĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 9935
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary
    alt. forms:
  2. (historical, obsolete) Short for 期服 (“mourning garment worn for one year following the death of a senior family member; yearlong period of mourning”).
    alt. forms:

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. period
  2. time
  3. date
  4. term

Readings

  • Go-on: (ko) (go, Jōyō )
  • Kan-on: (ki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 期る)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC gi, “period of time”).

Affix

() (ki

  1. time; period
  2. to expect; to look forward to

Suffix

() (-ki

  1. period (of time)
    反抗(はんこう)()
    hankōki
    rebellious phase
  2. (television show) season
    進撃(しんげき)巨人(きょじん)」の()()
    “Shingeki no Kyojin” no niki
    the second season of Attack on Titan
  3. geological age

See also

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 기약할 (giyakhal gi))

  1. hanja form? of (expect; time; period)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: , kề, kỳ

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