祇

Translingual

Han character

祇 (radical 113 示+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹女心 (IFHVP), four-corner 3224₀)

1. only, merely, but
2. indigenous god, earth-spirit
3. peace

References

• KangXi: page 840, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24639
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2389, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7947

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Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí, chí (qi², chi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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Noun

祇

1. god

Etymology 2

Alternative form of 只.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī, zhǐ (zhi¹, zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ, ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Wade-Giles: chih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

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Adverb

祇

1. only

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Japanese

Kanji

祇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: き (ki), ぎ (gi), し (shi)
• Kun: くにつかみ (kunitsukami), ただ (tada), まさに (masani)

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Korean

Hanja

祇 (gi, ji) (hangeul 기, 지, revised gi, ji, McCune-Reischauer ki, chi, Yale ki, ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

祇 (kì, chỉ)

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