丌

See also: 其, π, and ㅠ

丌 U+4E0C, 丌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0C ← 下 [U+4E0B] CJK Unified Ideographs 不 → [U+4E0D]

Translingual

Han character

丌 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中 (ML), four-corner 1022₀, composition ⿸丆丨)

Derived characters

• 丣, 亓, 亣, 㚦, 䭶, 䢋, 䪲, 畀, 畁, 顨, 𥾎, 𣍠, 𧿄, 𣍣, 𥟞, 𩔅, 𰧮, 𰜥

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15
• Dae Jaweon: page 149, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 9, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E0C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丌
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
Bronze inscriptions b06769 b06770 b06771 b06772 b06773 Small seal script s03453 Transcribed ancient scripts L02434
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

丌 (obsolete)

1. base for supporting the object above

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丌 – see 其 (“his; her; its; their; he; she; it; they; one; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 其).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ə/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ə/
English	(3p possessive)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

丌

1. a surname

   • 唐丌實，左軍副使。 [MSC, trad.]
     唐丌实，左军副使。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《奇姓通》

     Táng Qí shí, zuǒ jūn fùshǐ. [Pinyin]

     Tang Qishi, deputy envoy of the left army.

Japanese

Kanji

丌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. table

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); ご (go)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: その (sono, 丌の); それ (sore, 丌れ); だい (dai, 丌)

Korean

Hanja

丌 (eumhun 책상 기 (chaeksang gi))
丌 (eumhun 그 기 (geu gi))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丌