技

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 支 – skill with one’s hands.

Han character

技 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十水 (QJE), four-corner 5404₇, composition ⿰扌支)

1. skill, ability, talent, ingenuity

References

• KangXi: page 420, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11855
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1834, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6280

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Cantonese

Hanzi

技 (Yale gei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

技 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: わざ (waza)

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Korean

Hanja

技 (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

技 (pinyin jì (ji4), pàn (pan4), Wade-Giles chi⁴, p'an⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

技 (kĩ, gảy, gãy, ghẽ, kể, kẽ, kỹ, chẻ, chia)