幾

See also: 几 (different character in Japan)

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 𢆶 (“幺幺”) + 戍

Han character

幾 (radical 52 幺+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女戈竹戈 (VIHI), four-corner 2225₃, composition ⿱𢆶戍)

1. how many? how much?
2. a few, some

Descendants

• き
• キ

Derived terms

• 機, 畿, 璣, 嘰, 䟇, 譏, 饑, 穖, 僟, 磯, 蟣, 𦠄, 𧰙, 𧗓

References

• KangXi: page 342, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9208
• Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1095, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E7E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

幾 (simplified 几, Jyutping gei1, gei2, Yale gei1, gei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

幾

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: いく (iku), いくつ (幾つ, ikutsu), いくら (幾ら, ikura)
• Nanori: い (i), く (ku)

Compounds

幾程 (ikuhodo): how many, how much 幾つ (ikutsu): how old 幾ら (ikura): how many 幾人 (ikunin, ikutari): number of people 幾何 (kika, ikubaku): geometry 幾何学 (kikagaku): geometry (study of)

幾夜 (ikuyo) number of nights 幾夜も (ikuyo mo): for several nights 幾分 (ikubun): partially 幾千 (ikusen): thousands 幾日 (ikunichi): how many days

幾日も (ikunichi mo): for some days 幾度 (ikudo, ikutabi): how often 幾度も (ikudo mo): frequently 幾許 (ikubaku): how much 幾許も無く (ikubaku mo naku): before long

Noun

幾 (hiragana いく, romaji iku)

1. some, several

Prefix

幾 (hiragana いく, romaji iku-)

1. how many, how much

   幾箱要 (いくはこい)りますか

   iku hako irimasu ka

   How many boxes do you want?

2. some, several, having an indefinite number or quantity

   幾千 (いくせん)と云 (い)う人 (ひと)

   iku sen to iu hito

   Thousands of people

3. some, many, having a considerable number

   幾日 (いくにち)も行 (い)っていた

   iku nichi mo itte ita

   I was gone for many days

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Korean

Hanja

幾 (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

幾 (simplified 几, Pinyin jǐ (ji3), jī (ji1), Wade-Giles chi³, chi¹)

Pronoun

幾 (simplified, Pinyin jǐ, simplified 几)

1. how much; how many
   • 你要幾瓶？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Nǐ yào jī píng? [Pinyin]

     How many bottles do you want?

   • 你會說幾種語言？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Nǐ huì shuō jī zhǒng yǔyán? [Pinyin]

     How many languages do you speak ?

2. (of number, time, date) what; which
   • 幾點鐘了？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Jī diǎnzhōng le? [Pinyin]

     What time is it?

   • 今天幾號？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Jīntiān jī hào? [Pinyin]

     What's the date today?

   • 你幾號？ [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Nǐ jī hào? [Pinyin]

     What's your number?

3. a few; some; several
   • 我邊等邊瀏覽幾本雜誌。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Wǒ biān děng biān liúlǎn jī běn zázhì. [Pinyin]

     I browsed through some magazines while I waited.

   • 幾天后他將回來。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Jī tiān hòu tā jiāng huílái. [Pinyin]

     He will is back in a few day.

Adverb

幾 (simplified, Pinyin jī, simplified 几)

1. almost
   • 我被煙嗆得幾窒息。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Wǒ bèi yān qiàng dé jī zhìxī. [Pinyin]

     I was almost choked by the smoke.

   • 幾沒有人相信他病了。 [Beijing Mandarin, MSC, trad.]

     Jī méi yǒu rén xiàngxìn tā bìng le. [Pinyin]

     Almost no one believed that he was sick.

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Min Nan

Hanzi

幾 (TLPA kí (ki²), kuí (kui²))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幾 (cơ, kỉ, ki)

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