丌

See also: 其 and π

Translingual

Han character

丌 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中 (ML), four-corner 1022₀, composition ⿸丆丨)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15
• Dae Jaweon: page 149, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 9, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E0C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		丌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丌
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Bronze inscriptions b06769 b06770 b06771 b06772 b06773 Small seal script s03453 Transcribed ancient scripts L02434
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丌

1. ^† base for supporting the object above

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ə/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ə/
English	(3p possessive)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丌

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 其.
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

丌

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. a table

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); ご (go)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: その (sono, 丌の); それ (sore, 丌れ); だい (dai, 丌)

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Korean

Hanja

丌 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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