几

See also: 凡, 凢, 儿, 幾, and Л

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

几 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿰丿㇈)

1. Kangxi radical #16, ⼏.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493

Usage notes

This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/几
• 仉, 㞦, 㲹, 机, 肌, 矶, 籶, 虮, 䘛, 𮗸, 釠, 飢(饥), 䡄, 𮬥, 䢳, 冗, 亢, 𭅠, 𭙍, 芁, 秃, 麂, 𭍚
• 讥, 机 (Simplified from 譏, 機 in traditional Chinese)

Related characters

• 幾 (Traditional form of 几)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
• Unihan data for U+51E0

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 几
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
肌	*kril
飢	*kril
机	*kril, *krilʔ
虮	*kril
几	*krilʔ
麂	*krilʔ

Pictogram (象形) – stool (viewed from the side).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		几
alternative forms		𠀃

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, leg; stool”). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 几

1. ^† stool; chair
2. long narrow table; bench
3. small table

   茶几  ―  chájī  ―  tea table

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (几):

• → Japanese: 几(き) (ki)
• → Korean: 궤(几) (gwe)
• → Vietnamese: kỉ (几)

Others:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 幾 (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 幾).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 人).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 明 (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 明).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 𠘧 (“Refers to the wings of a bird in flight.; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𠘧).

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Japanese

Kanji

几

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. table, table enclosure
2. table or wind radical

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: つくえ (tsukue, 几)
• Nanori: おしまずき (oshimazuki)

Compounds

• 床几
• 几案
• 几下
• 几帳
• 几帳面

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Korean

Hanja

几 (eum 궤 (gwe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

几: Hán Nôm readings: kỉ

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