崎

See also: 埼, 﨑, and 嵜

崎 U+5D0E, 崎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D0E ← 崍 [U+5D0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 崏 → [U+5D0F]

Translingual

Han character

崎 (radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山大一口 (UKMR), four-corner 2472₁, composition ⿰山奇)

References

• KangXi: page 313, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8169
• Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 778, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5D0E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		崎

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, OC *kʰral, *ɡɯl): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí, qī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴, kei¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kiā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴, kei¹
    • Yale: kèih, kēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴, kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴, kéi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/, /kʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiā
    • Tâi-lô: kiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiᴇ/, /ɡɨi/▼

Rime
Character	崎	崎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	去奇切	渠希切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇ/	/ɡɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛ/	/ɡɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛ/	/ɡiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆/	/gɨj/
Li Rong	/kʰje/	/ɡiəi/
Wang Li	/kʰǐe/	/ɡĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰie̯/	/ge̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī	qí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰral/, /*ɡɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崎	崎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9987	10025
Phonetic component	奇	奇
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㩻	祈
Old Chinese	/*kʰral/	/*ɡɯl/

Definitions

崎

1. steep; precipitous; rugged

Compounds

• 崎崟
• 崎嶇／崎岖 (qíqū)
• 崎嶇不平／崎岖不平
• 崎嶇鳥道／崎岖鸟道

• 崛崎
• 嶔崎
• 嶔崎歷落／嶔崎历落
• 嶔崎磊落

• 嶢崎／峣崎
• 川崎 (Chuānqí)
• 川崎症
• 長崎／长崎 (Chángqí)

References

• Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

崎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. peninsula; promontory; cape; spit

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: さき (saki, 崎, Jōyō); みさき (misaki, 崎); けわしい (kewashii)

Compounds

• 長崎 (ながさき) (Nagasaki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
崎
さき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

崎 (hiragana さき, rōmaji saki)

1. (geography) small peninsula
2. (geography) cape

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

崎 (khi, kì)

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