期

See also: 朞

期	U+671F, 期 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671F

← 朞
[U+671E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

朠 →
[U+6720]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

期 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月 (TCB), four-corner 4782₀, composition ⿰其月)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 506, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14378
Dae Jaweon: page 887, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2083, character 7
Unihan data for U+671F

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		期
alternative forms		朞𣍡𣍣𣍠㫷朞𣍡𣍣𣍠㫷𣇳𣅆稘 partial 其 partial 𠔸𡢁𥟝𣔔

Glyph origin[edit]

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

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

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	kɯ, ɡɯ
期	kɯ, ɡɯ
諅	kɯ, ɡɯs
其	kɯ, ɡɯ
錤	kɯ, ɡɯ
諆	kɯ, kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	ɡɯ, ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ): phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 月 (“moon”) – changing moon marks the passage of time, hence a period of time.

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with 其 (OC *kɯ, “should; probably”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qī, qí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ, ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khì

(Meixian, Guangdong): ki²
Min Bei (KCR): gǐ
Min Dong (BUC): gĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹ji; ³jji

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²
  - Yale: chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴
  - Yale: kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ki²
  - Sinological IPA: /cʰi¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
  - Tâi-lô: kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹ji; ³jji
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵³/, /d̥͡ʑi²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɡɨ/

Rime
Character	期
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠之切
Baxter	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)ə/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	期
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English	period of time
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	期
Reading #	2/2
No.	9949
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions[edit]

期

to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet
不期而遇 ― bùqī'éryù ― to meet unexpectedly or by chance
- 期我乎桑中，要我乎上宮，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  期我乎桑中，要我乎上宫，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Qī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]
  She made an appontment with me in Sangzhong;
  She will meet me in Shanggong;
  She will accompany me to Qishang.
(literary) to meet; to gather
to hope; to wish; to expect
期待 ― qīdài ― to look forward to

未來可期／未来可期 ― wèilái kě qī ― (please add an English translation of this example)
date; specific day; scheduled time (Classifier: 個／个 c)
限期 ― xiànqī ― deadline
- 會天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  会天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Huì tiān dàyǔ, dào bù tōng, duó yǐ shīqī. Shīqī, fǎ jiē zhǎn. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
(Cantonese) time slots; schedule
我今個月啲期全部爆嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我今个月啲期全部爆嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ gam¹ go³ jyut⁶ di¹ kei⁴ cyun⁴ bou⁶ baau³ saai³. [Jyutping]
All my time slots are filled this month.
period of time; stage
學期／学期 ― xuéqī ― semester

青春期 ― qīngchūnqī ― adolescence
(geology) age (geochronologic unit)
Classifier for periods of time or stages of a project.
(obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
(obsolete) limit
(obsolete) good fortune; chance

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī, qī (ji¹, qi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /kɨ/

Rime
Character	期
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居之切
Baxter	ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨ/
Li Rong	/kiə/
Wang Li	/kĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	期
Reading #	1/2
No.	9935
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	姬
Old Chinese	/*kɯ/
Notes	集韻稘注或體

Definitions[edit]

期

(obsolete) one-year anniversary
(historical, obsolete) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 期

不可期
不期 (bùqī)
不期然 (bùqīrán)
不期而然 (bùqī'érrán)
不期而遇 (bùqī'éryù)
不杖期夫
中期 (zhōngqī)
九七期限
乞期
任期 (rènqī)
休眠期
何期
佳期 (jiāqī)
保固期
假期 (jiàqī)
偷期
先期 (xiānqī)
光周期
光期性
分期付款 (fēnqī fùkuǎn)
刊期
刑期 (xíngqī)
初期 (chūqī)
到期 (dàoqī)
刻期
前期 (qiánqī)
半衰期 (bànshuāiqī)
及期
反抗期
口腔期
吉期 (jíqī)
同期 (tóngqī)
周期彗星
大比之期
失期
如期 (rúqī)
婚期 (hūnqī)
孕期 (yùnqī)
孵化期
安全期
安期生
定期 (dìngqī)
定期存款 (dìngqī cúnkuǎn)
定期票
展期
工期 (gōngqī)
平水期
幽期 (yōuqī)
延期 (yánqī)
役期
待期
心期
思春期 (sīchūnqī)
愆期 (qiānqī)
成年期
成熟期 (chéngshúqī)
按期 (ànqī)
排卵期 (páiluǎnqī)
改期 (gǎiqī)
日期 (rìqī)
早期 (zǎoqī)
星期 (xīngqī, “days of the week”)
星期天 (xīngqītiān)
星期日 (xīngqīrì)
晚期 (wǎnqī)
暑期 (shǔqī)
更年期 (gēngniánqī)
有效期 (yǒuxiàoqī)
有期徒刑 (yǒuqī túxíng)
期中考 (qīzhōngkǎo)
期刊 (qīkān)
期功
期勉
期年 (qīnián)
期待 (qīdài)
期成
期指 (qīzhǐ)
期日 (qīrì)
期月
期月有成
期服
期望 (qīwàng)

期望值 (qīwàngzhí)
期期
期期艾艾 (qīqī'ài'ài)
期末 (qīmò)
期末考 (qīmòkǎo)
期求 (qīqiú)
期油 (qīyóu)
期盼 (qīpàn)
期票
期程
期考 (qīkǎo)
期艾
期金 (qījīn)
期限 (qīxiàn)
末期 (mòqī)
杖期
杖期夫
枯水期
死期 (sǐqī)
汛期 (xùnqī)
活期 (huóqī)
活期存款 (huóqī cúnkuǎn)
活期放款
牛女佳期
瓜期
癸期
盛果期
相期 (xiāngqī)
短期 (duǎnqī)
秋期
租期 (zūqī)
空窗期 (kōngchuāngqī)
等期
老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
考期
耄期
船期
花期 (huāqī)
蜜月期
行期 (xíngqī)
近期 (jìnqī)
逾期 (yúqī)
限期 (xiànqī)
青年期 (qīngniánqī)
青春期 (qīngchūnqī)
高原期
沈佺期
不期而會／不期而会 (bùqī'érhuì)
中年時期／中年时期
來期／来期
偷期暗會／偷期暗会
冰河時期／冰河时期 (bīnghé shíqī)
刑期無刑／刑期无刑
剋期／克期 (kèqī)
務期／务期 (wùqī)
危險期／危险期
即期匯票／即期汇票
同期錄音／同期录音
場期／场期
學期／学期 (xuéqī)
定期保險／定期保险
將臨期／将临期 (jiānglínqī)
屆期／届期
幽期密約／幽期密约
後會可期／后会可期
後會有期／后会有期 (hòuhuìyǒuqī)
後會難期／后会难期
後期／后期 (hòuqī)
復甦期／复苏期
恆星週期／恒星周期
憲政時期／宪政时期
撞牆期／撞墙期
撫期／抚期
擇期／择期 (zéqī)
星期報／星期报
時期／时期 (shíqī)
暑期學校／暑期学校 (shǔqī xuéxiào)
會合周期／会合周期
會期／会期 (huìqī)
月約星期／月约星期
期中選舉／期中选举
期會／期会

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

期

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: こ (ko); ご (go, Jōyō ^†)
Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 期る)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

期(き)間(かん) (kikan)
期(き)待(たい) (kitai)
男(だん)根(こん)期(き) (dankonki): phallic stage

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
期
き Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 期 (MC ɡɨ, “period of time”).

Affix[edit]

期(き) • (ki)

time; period
to expect; to look forward to

Suffix[edit]

期(き) • (-ki)

period (of time)
反抗(はんこう)期(き)
hankōki
rebellious phase
(television show) season
「進撃(しんげき)の巨人(きょじん)」の二(に)期(き)
“Shingeki no Kyojin” no niki
the second season of Attack on Titan
geological age

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

期 (eumhun 기약할 기 (giyakhal gi))

Hanja form^? of 기 (“expect; time; period”).

Compounds[edit]

기간 (期間, gigan, “period”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

期: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kề, kỳ

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期

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Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Affix[edit]

Suffix[edit]

See also[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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