琦

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琦 U+7426, 琦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7426
← 琥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 琧 →

Translingual

Han character

琦 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土大一口 (MGKMR), four-corner 14121, composition ⿰𤣩奇)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21062
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+7426

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 琦
alternative forms 𤦺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
奇 *kral, *ɡral
畸 *kral
剞 *kral, *kralʔ
羇 *kral
掎 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸 *kral
踦 *kralʔ, *kʰral
寄 *krals
徛 *krals, *ɡralʔ
欹 *kʰral, *qral
崎 *kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺 *kʰralʔ
婍 *kʰralʔ
騎 *ɡral, *ɡrals
琦 *ɡral
鵸 *ɡral
錡 *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢 *ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮 *ŋɡralʔ
犄 *qral
猗 *qral, *qralʔ
椅 *qral, *qralʔ
旖 *qral, *qralʔ
陭 *qral, *qrals
檹 *qral
漪 *qral
倚 *qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡral) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠羈切
Baxter gje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gjiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ɡje/
Wang
Li 		/ɡǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琦
Reading # 1/1
No. 9999
Phonetic
component 		奇
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		竒
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡral/

Definitions

琦

  1. fine, admirable, extraordinary
  2. jade, gem, precious stone
  3. bizarre

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

琦

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. gem
  2. precious stone
  3. jade

Readings

  • On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
  • Kun: たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. type of jade
  2. strange, odd
  3. rare

Vietnamese

Han character

琦: Hán Nôm readings: kỳ, kì

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