幾

See also 几 (different character in Japan)

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𢆶 (“幺幺”) + 戍

Han character

幾 (radical 52 幺+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女戈竹戈 (VIHI), four-corner 2225₃)

1. how many? how much?
2. a few, some

Descendants

• き
• キ

Derived terms

• 機, 畿, 璣, 嘰, 䟇, 譏, 饑, 穖, 僟, 磯, 蟣, 𦠄, 𧰙, 𧗓

References

• KangXi: page 342, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9208
• Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1095, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E7E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

幾 (simplified 几, jyutping gei1, gei2, Yale gei1, gei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

幾 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: いく (iku), いくつ (幾つ, ikutsu), いくら (幾ら, ikura)
• Nanori: い (i), く (ku)

Compounds

幾程 (ikuhodo): how many, how much 幾つ (ikutsu): how old 幾ら (ikura): how many 幾人 (ikunin, ikutari): number of people 幾何 (kika, ikubaku): geometry 幾何学 (kikagaku): geometry (study of)

幾夜 (ikuyo) number of nights 幾夜も (ikuyo mo): for several nights 幾分 (ikubun): partially 幾千 (ikusen): thousands 幾日 (ikunichi): how many days

幾日も (ikunichi mo): for some days 幾度 (ikudo, ikutabi): how often 幾度も (ikudo mo): frequently 幾許 (ikubaku): how much 幾許も無く (ikubaku mo naku): before long

Noun

幾 (hiragana いく, romaji iku)

1. some, several

Prefix

幾 (hiragana いく, romaji iku-)

1. how many, how much
   • 幾箱要りますか

     いくはこいりますか

     ikuhako irimasu ka

     How many boxes do you want?

2. some, several, having an indefinite number or quantity
   • 幾千と云う人

     いくせんというひと

     ikusen to iu hito

     Thousands of people

3. some, many, having a considerable number
   • 幾日も行っていた

     いくにちもいっていた

     ikunichi mo itte ita

     I was gone for many days

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

幾 (simplified 几, pinyin jǐ (ji3), jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi³, chi¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幾 (ki, cơ, kỉ)