妓

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

女 + 技. Literally a woman who entertains with an ability.

[edit] Han character

妓 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女十水 (VJE), four-corner 4444₇)

1. prostitute
2. woman who entertains

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 256, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6083
• Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 17
• Unihan data for U+5993

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

妓 (Yale gei6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

妓

[edit] Readings

• On: き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: わざおぎ (wazaogi)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

[edit] Compounds

• 妓生 (기생, kisaeng, gisaeng)
• 妓女 (기녀, ginyeo)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

妓 (pinyin jì (ji4), Wade-Giles chi⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 妓女 (jìnǚ)