杞

杞 U+2F8DB, 杞 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8DB ← 朡 [U+2F8DA] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 杓 → [U+2F8DC]

Translingual

Han character

杞 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木尸山 (DSU), four-corner 4791₇, composition ⿰木己 or ⿰木已)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 512, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14479
• Dae Jaweon: page 898, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1162, character 3
• Unihan data for U+675E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		杞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
改	*klɯːʔ
跽	*ɡrɯʔ
己	*kɯʔ
紀	*kɯʔ
妀	*kɯʔ
記	*kɯs
杞	*kʰɯʔ
屺	*kʰɯʔ
芑	*kʰɯʔ
邔	*kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
玘	*kʰɯʔ
忌	*ɡɯs
鵋	*ɡɯs
誋	*ɡɯs
梞	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³
    • Yale: chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei²
    • Yale: géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
    • Tâi-lô: kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khiX

Rime
Character	杞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	墟里切
Baxter	khiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨX/
Li Rong	/kʰiəX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	杞
Reading #	1/1
No.	5769
Phonetic component	己
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	起
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 杞

1. willow
2. medlar tree
3. a small feudal state (Qi), founded in Henan during the Shang Dynasty

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Japanese

Kanji

杞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: すき (suki); ふご (fugo); もっこ (mokko)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 杞 (khởi, kỷ)

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