琪

琪 U+742A, 琪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742A ← 琩 [U+7429] CJK Unified Ideographs 琫 → [U+742B]

Translingual

Han character

琪 (radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿一金 (MGTMC), four-corner 1418₁, composition ⿰𤣩其)

1. fine jade

References

• KangXi: page 734, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21067
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 3
• Unihan data for U+742A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		琪

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨ/

Rime
Character	琪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠之切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琪
Reading #	1/1
No.	9953
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

琪

1. a beautiful jade; also connotes flourishing flowers and plants; a metaphor for precious things

Compounds

• 安琪兒／安琪儿 (ānqí'ér)
• 沙琪瑪／沙琪玛 (shāqímǎ)

• 火樹琪花／火树琪花
• 琪樹／琪树

• 琪花瑤草／琪花瑶草
• 瑤草琪花／瑶草琪花

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Japanese

Kanji

琪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. type of jade

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: たま (tama, 琪)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. fine jade