璣

See also: 玑

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

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Chinese

trad.		璣
simp.		玑

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

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

(deprecated template usage) 璣

1. imperfect pearl
2. an ancient astronomical instrument

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Japanese

Kanji

璣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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