冀

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 北 + phonetic 異

Han character

冀 (radical 12 八+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中心田廿金 (LPWTC), four-corner 1180₁, composition ⿱北異)

1. hope for
2. to wish
3. Hebei province (abbreviation)

References

• KangXi: page 128, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1500
• Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 253, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5180

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Cantonese

Hanzi

冀 (Yale kei3)

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Japanese

Kanji

冀

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: こいねがう (koinegau), こいねがわ (koinegawa)

Compounds

• 冀願 (きがん, kigan, “wish”)
• 冀幸　(きこう, kikō)
• 冀馬　(きば, kiba)
• 冀望 (きぼう, kibō)
• 冀北 (きほく, kihoku)

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Korean

Hanja

冀 (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

冀 (pinyin jì (ji4), Wade-Giles chi⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

冀 (gyi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冀 (kí)