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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		冀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei³
    • Yale: kei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (冀, reconstructed)
Character (冀), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 几利切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kiɪH/	/kiH/	/kiH/	/kiH/	/kiH/	/kiH/	/kjɪH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (冀, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
冀								jì								‹ kijH ›								/*[k]rə[t]-s (dial. < *[k]rək-s ?)/								hope
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
冀					5852					冀					微					1					冀					/*krɯls/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

冀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Compounds

• 冀願 (きがん, kigan)
• 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 (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冀 (kí)

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