璣

See also: 玑

璣 U+74A3, 璣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74A3 ← 璢 [U+74A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 璤 → [U+74A4]

Translingual

Han character

璣 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土女戈戈 (MGVII), four-corner 1215₃, composition ⿰𤣩幾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21253
• Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1139, character 2
• Unihan data for U+74A3

Chinese

trad.		璣
simp.		玑
alternative forms		㼄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	*kɯl, *kɯls
幾	*kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	*kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯl) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	璣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璣
Reading #	1/1
No.	5798
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

璣

1. imperfect pearl
2. (historical) an ancient astronomical instrument

Compounds

• 口吐珠璣／口吐珠玑 (kǒutǔzhūjī)
• 天璣／天玑 (Tiānjī)
• 字字珠璣／字字珠玑 (zìzìzhūjī)
• 抱璣／抱玑 (bàojī)
• 滿腹珠璣／满腹珠玑 (mǎnfùzhūjī)
• 照夜璣／照夜玑 (zhàoyèjī)
• 珠璣／珠玑 (zhūjī)
• 珠璣咳唾／珠玑咳唾 (zhūjīkétuò)
• 璇璣／璇玑 (xuánjī)
• 璇璣圖／璇玑图
• 璣琲／玑琲 (jībèi)
• 璣鏡／玑镜 (jījìng)
• 璿璣／璇玑 (xuánjī)

 

Japanese

Kanji

璣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、け (ke)、げ (ge)、ぎ (gi)
• Kun: たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

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

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