畿

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 田 + phonetic 幾

Han character

畿 (radical 102 田+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女戈田 (VIW), four-corner 2265₃)

1. imperial domain
2. area near capital

References

• KangXi: page 766, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21925
• Dae Jaweon: page 1176, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2551, character 9
• Unihan data for U+757F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

畿 (Yale gei1)

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Japanese

Kanji

畿 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: みやこ (miyako)

Compounds

• 近畿 (きんき, kinki, “Kinki region”)

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Korean

Hanja

畿
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 기 (revised: gi, McCune-Reischauer: ki, Yale: ki)

• Name (hangeul): '경기 - 왕도 주위로 오백리 이내의 땅'()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

畿 (pinyin jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi¹)