奇

See also: 竒

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

奇 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大一弓口 (KMNR), four-corner 4062₁, composition ⿱大可)

Derived characters

• 倚, 𠭑, 𠵇, 埼, 婍, 𭓊, 㞆, 崎, 徛, 㥓, 掎, 渏, 猗, 陭, 旑, 旖, 䐀, 椅, 㱦, 𪸴, 犄, 琦, 𨓾, 畸, 𥇚, 𥏜, 碕, 䄎, 𥟏, 𥺿, 綺(绮), 𦖊, 䗁, 裿, 觭, 䛴, 䝝, 𬥛, 𧼘, 踦, 躸, 輢(𫐎), 錡(锜), 𠔵, 㚡, 䩭, 䭲, 騎(骑), 𩩛, 𩳣, 𩸞, 齮(𬺈), 剞, 𨜅, 攲, 敧, 欹, 㿲, 䫑, 鵸, 𠖏, 寄, 㟢, 䓫, 𩃤, 㢊, 㾨, 𨵤(𬮮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5892
• Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 533, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5947

---

Chinese

simp. and trad.		奇
alternative forms		竒 ⿱七可

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kral, *ɡral) : semantic 大 (“big; great”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奇

1. strange; odd; weird; unusual

   奇怪  ―  qíguài  ―  strange

   奇特  ―  qítè  ―  peculiar

2. wonderful; fantastic; remarkable

   奇跡／奇迹  ―  qíjì (M); qíjī (T)  ―  miracle

   奇妙  ―  qímiào  ―  fantastic

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): kiă / kiĕ / ngiă
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki / kha / khia
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ji

---

• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiă / kiĕ / ngiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰia⁵⁵/, /kʰie⁵⁵/, /ŋia⁵⁵/

Note:

• kiă - vernacular;
• kiĕ/ngiă - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha
    • Tâi-lô: kha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khia
    • Tâi-lô: khia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰia⁴⁴/

Note:

• ki - literary;
• kha/khia - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ji
    • MiniDict: ji^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi⁵³/

---

• Middle Chinese: kje

Rime
Character	奇
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居宜切
Baxter	kje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiə̆/
Li Rong	/kje/
Wang Li	/kǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/kie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k](r)aj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kral/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奇
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kje ›
Old Chinese	/*[k](r)aj/
English	odd (number)
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	奇
Reading #	1/2
No.	9973
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	羈
Old Chinese	/*kral/
Notes	說文從大可，戴侗從立可聲， 古踦字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奇

1. ^† unsmooth; disadvantageous
2. ^† surplus
3. (mathematics) odd

   奇數／奇数  ―  jīshù  ―  odd number

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00859
• “奇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

---

Japanese

Kanji

奇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. strange

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō); ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: くし (kushi, 奇し); めずらしい (mezurashii, 奇しい)^{←めづらしい (medurasii, 奇しい, historical)}; あやしい (ayashii, 奇しい)

Compounds

Compounds

• 奇(き)異(い) (kī)
• 奇(き)怪(かい) (kikai)
• 奇(き)遇(ぐう) (kigū)
• 奇(き)骨(こつ) (kikotsu)
• 奇(き)才(さい) (kisai)
• 奇(き)襲(しゅう) (kishū)
• 奇(き)術(じゅつ) (kijutsu)
• 奇(き)人(じん) (kijin)
• 奇(き)数(すう) (kisū): odd number
• 奇(き)跡(せき), 奇(き)蹟(せき) (kiseki): miracle
• 奇(き)特(とく) (kitoku)
• 奇(き)抜(ばつ) (kibatsu)
• 奇(き)癖(へき) (kiheki)
• 奇(き)妙(みょう) (kimyō)
• 奇(き)形(けい) (kikei)
• 奇(き)談(だん) (kidan)

See also

• 奇(くす)し (kusushi)

---

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

奇 (eumhun 기이할 기 (giihal gi))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

Hanja

奇 (eumhun 의지할 의 (uijihal ui))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奇 (kỳ, cả, cơ, kì)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.