期

Stroke order

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

• 𠎞 𫂣 𭊫 𭢘 𬄙

• 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

Historical forms of the character 期
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 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 月 (“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).

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

期

1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet

   不期而遇  ―  bùqī'éryù  ―  to meet unexpectedly or by chance

   • 期我乎桑中，要我乎上宮，送我乎淇之上矣。
     期我乎桑中，要我乎上宫，送我乎淇之上矣。

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ.

     She made an appontment with me in Sangzhong;
     She will meet me in Shanggong;
     She will accompany me to Qishang.

2. (literary) to meet; to gather
3. to hope; to wish; to expect

   期待  ―  qīdài  ―  to look forward to

   未來可期／未来可期  ―  wèilái kě qī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. date; specific day; scheduled time (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   限期  ―  xiànqī  ―  deadline

   • 會天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斬。
     会天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斩。

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Huì tiān dàyǔ, dào bù tōng, duó yǐ shīqī. Shīqī, fǎ jiē zhǎn.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (Cantonese) time slots; schedule

   我今個月啲期全部爆嗮。
   我今个月啲期全部爆嗮。

   ngo⁵ gam¹ go³ jyut⁶ di¹ kei⁴ cyun⁴ bou⁶ baau³ saai³.

   All my time slots are filled this month.

6. period of time; stage

   學期／学期  ―  xuéqī  ―  semester

   青春期  ―  qīngchūnqī  ―  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

期

1. (obsolete) whole year; entire month; one-year anniversary

   alt. forms: 朞

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: 朞

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. appointed time; occasion (とき)
2. promise (ちぎる, きめる)
3. hope; wish; expect
4. period; term

• Go-on: こ (ko)、ご (go, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: とき (toki, 期)、ちぎる (chigiru, 期る)、きめる (kimeru, 期める)

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

• (Tokyo) き (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

期(き) • (ki) 

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

期(き) • (-ki) 

1. period (of time)

   反抗(はんこう)期(き)

   hankōki

   rebellious phase

2. (television show) season

   「進撃(しんげき)の巨人(きょじん)」の二(に)期(き)

   “Shingeki no Kyojin” no niki

   the second season of Attack on Titan

3. geological age

• 紀(き) (ki)

From Middle Chinese 期 (MC gi|ki).

• (Tokyo) ご (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) ご (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

期(ご) • (go) 

1. a specific time or date
2. a deadline
3. death (as in "one's time has come")

期 (eumhun 기약할 기 (giyakhal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“expect; time; period”)

• 기간 (期間, gigan, “period”)

期: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kề, kỳ

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