期

See also: 朞

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

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

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī, qí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ, ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì
• Northern Min (KCR): gǐ
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵

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• 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/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: gi

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

(deprecated template usage) 期

1. ^† to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet
2. ^† to meet; to gather
3. ^† to hope; to wish; to expect
4. ^† predetermined time; scheduled time
5. ^† date; specific day
6. period of time; stage
7. Classifier for periods of time or stages of a project.
8. ^† time limit
9. ^† good fortune; chance

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī, qī (ji¹, qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: ki

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

(deprecated template usage) 期

1. ^† one-year anniversary
2. (historical) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

期

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. period
2. time
3. date
4. term

Readings

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

Compounds

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

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

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] .

Suffix

期(き) • (-ki) 

1. period (of time)

   反抗(はんこう)期(き)

   hankōki

   rebellious phase

2. (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

See also

• 紀(き) (ki)

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Korean

Hanja

期 • (gi) (hangeul 기, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 期 (kì, kề, kỳ)

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