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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𢆶 (幺幺) + 

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , Yale gei2)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana いく, romaji iku)

  1. some, several

[edit] Prefix

(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

[edit] Kanji

(common kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] 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)

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , pinyin (ji3), (ji1), Wade-Giles chi3, chi1)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(ki, , kỉ)