椅

椅 U+6905, 椅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6905 ← 椄 [U+6904] CJK Unified Ideographs 椆 → [U+6906]

Translingual

Han character

椅 (radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木大一口 (DKMR), four-corner 4492₁, composition ⿰木奇)

References

• KangXi: page 535, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15009
• Dae Jaweon: page 923, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1228, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6905

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		椅
variant forms		𣎷 Second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qral, *qralʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yí
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): í

  (Teochew, Peng'im): in²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyi
    • IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³
    • IPA: /(j)i³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
    • Tâi-lô: í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: in²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiᴇ^X/▼

Rime
Character	椅
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於綺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʔjeX/
Wang Li	/ǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	椅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/
English	chair
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	椅
Reading #	2/2
No.	10017
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	倚
Old Chinese	/*qralʔ/

Definitions

椅

1. chair

   椅子  ―  yǐzi  ―  chair

Compounds

• 交椅 (jiāoyǐ)
• 坐交椅
• 坐紅椅子／坐红椅子
• 太師交椅／太师交椅
• 太師椅／太师椅
• 安樂椅／安乐椅 (ānlèyǐ)
• 帆布椅
• 座椅 (zuòyǐ)
• 折椅

• 按摩椅 (ànmóyǐ)
• 搖椅／摇椅 (yáoyǐ)
• 東坡椅兒／东坡椅儿
• 桌椅板凳 (zhuōyǐbǎndèng)
• 椅墊／椅垫 (yǐdiàn)
• 椅子 (yǐzi)
• 椅披
• 涼椅／凉椅

• 禪椅／禅椅
• 紅椅子／红椅子
• 藤椅
• 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ)
• 輪椅／轮椅 (lúnyǐ)
• 轉椅／转椅
• 電椅／电椅 (diànyǐ)
• 鵝項椅／鹅项椅

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i
    • IPA ^(key): /i³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠiᴇ/▼

Rime
Character	椅
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	於離切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔje/
Wang Li	/ǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椅
Reading #	1/2
No.	10011
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	漪
Old Chinese	/*qral/

Definitions

椅

1. a kind of tree (Idesia polycarpa), also known as 山桐子

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Japanese

Kanji

椅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. chair

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
椅
い Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 椅 (MC ʔˠiᴇ^X).

Affix

椅 (hiragana い, rōmaji i)

1. Only used in 椅子 (isu, ishi, “chair”)

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Korean

Hanja

椅 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

椅: Hán Việt readings: ghế, ỷ, kỉ, y

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