技

技 U+6280, 技 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6280 ← 承 [U+627F] CJK Unified Ideographs 抁 → [U+6281]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

技 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十水 (QJE), four-corner 5404₇, composition ⿰扌支)

References

• KangXi: page 420, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11855
• Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6280

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		技

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 技
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	*kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	*kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	*kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	*qʰjes, *ɡe
妓	*kre, *ɡreʔ
庋	*kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂	*kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	*kʰes, *ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	*ɡre, *ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	*kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡreʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje) – skill with one’s hands.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî
• Min Bei (KCR): gí
• Min Dong (BUC): gê
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kī / kǐ / ki

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): jji (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei⁶
    • Yale: geih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ
    • Tâi-lô: kǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/

Note:

• kī/kǐ - literary;
• ki - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gi⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĭ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: jji (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑi²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 技
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕi⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑi²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑi¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡zz̩³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰi²²/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕi⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/ki²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kei²²/
	Nanning	/ki²²/
	Hong Kong	/kei²²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ki²²/ /ki⁵⁵/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kɛi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/ki⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ki³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ki³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇ^X/

Rime
Character	技
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	渠綺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡjeX/
Wang Li	/ɡǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]reʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	技
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ gjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]reʔ/
English	skill
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	技
Reading #	1/1
No.	17229
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	技
Old Chinese	/*ɡreʔ/

Definitions

技

1. skill; ability; talent; artistry; technique
2. ingenuity; creativity; inventiveness
3. ^† singing and dancing, or one who is skilled in singing and dancing; actor or actress
4. ^† craftsman; artisan

Compounds

Derived terms from 技

• 一技之長／一技之长 (yījìzhīcháng)
• 一技在身
• 不禁技癢／不禁技痒
• 以售其技
• 口技 (kǒujì)
• 國技／国技 (guójì)
• 外技
• 奇技 (qíjì)
• 奇技淫巧 (qíjìyínqiǎo)
• 寸長尺技／寸长尺技
• 尖端科技
• 屠龍之技／屠龙之技
• 心煩技癢／心烦技痒
• 慣技／惯技
• 手技 (shǒujì)
• 技倆／技俩
• 技士 (jìshì)
• 技工 (jìgōng)
• 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
• 技師／技师 (jìshī)
• 技擊／技击
• 技正
• 技法 (jìfǎ)
• 技癢／技痒 (jìyǎng)
• 技窮／技穷
• 技能 (jìnéng)
• 技能檢定／技能检定
• 技能競賽／技能竞赛
• 技藝／技艺 (jìyì)

• 技藝超群／技艺超群
• 技術／技术 (jìshù)
• 技術人員／技术人员 (jìshù rényuán)
• 技術作物／技术作物
• 技術分析／技术分析 (jìshùfēnxī)
• 技術合作／技术合作
• 技術員／技术员 (jìshùyuán)
• 技術性／技术性 (jìshùxìng)
• 技術犯規／技术犯规
• 技術降落／技术降落
• 技高一籌／技高一筹
• 故技
• 故技重施
• 方技 (fāngjì)
• 方技略
• 末技
• 梧鼠之技
• 梧鼠技窮／梧鼠技穷
• 殊技
• 演技 (yǎnjì)
• 無技可施／无技可施
• 片長末技／片长末技
• 片長薄技／片长薄技
• 特技 (tèjì)
• 特技鏡頭／特技镜头
• 獻技／献技 (xiànjì)
• 球技 (qiújì)
• 生技 (shēngjì)

• 生物科技 (shēngwù kējì)
• 略施小技
• 神乎其技
• 科技 (kējì)
• 科技食物
• 競技／竞技 (jìngjì)
• 競技場／竞技场 (jìngjìchǎng)
• 絕技／绝技 (juéjì)
• 經濟技術開發區／经济技术开发区 (jīngjì jìshù kāifāqū)
• 舞技
• 薄技
• 蟲篆之技／虫篆之技
• 貫蝨之技／贯虱之技
• 身懷絕技／身怀绝技
• 車技／车技 (chējì)
• 軟技術／软技术
• 農技／农技
• 農技團／农技团
• 遙測技術／遥测技术
• 長技／长技
• 雕蟲小技／雕虫小技 (diāochóngxiǎojì)
• 雜技／杂技 (zájì)
• 頂技／顶技
• 高科技 (gāokējì)
• 黔驢之技／黔驴之技 (qiánlǘzhījì)
• 黔驢技窮／黔驴技穷 (qiánlǘjìqióng)
• 鼠技
• 鼫鼠五技

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Japanese

Kanji

技

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: わざ (waza, 技, Jōyō)

Noun

Kanji in this term
技
わざ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
技
ぎ Grade: 5
on’yomi

技(わざ) or 技(ぎ) • (waza or gi) 

1. technique, art, skill

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Korean

Hanja

技 (eumhun 재주 기 (jaeju gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“skill”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

技: Hán Nôm readings: kĩ, kỹ

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