畦

畦 U+7566, 畦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7566 ← 略 [U+7565] CJK Unified Ideographs 畧 → [U+7567]

Translingual

Han character

畦 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 田土土 (WGG), four-corner 6401₄, composition ⿰田圭)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 762, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21842
• Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2539, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7566

Chinese

simp. and trad.		畦
alternative forms		𤳬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeː): semantic 田 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí, xī (qi², xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê / kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kwai⁴
    • Yale: kwàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
    • Tâi-lô: hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hee
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /he²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hwej

Rime
Character	畦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸圭切
Baxter	hwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	畦
Reading #	1/1
No.	4590
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攜
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeː/

Definitions

畦

1. (obsolete) A unit of surface area, equal to 25 or 50 mu (畝／亩 (mǔ))
2. ridge-bordered rectangular section of land in a field
3. (obsolete) to divide a field into sections and cultivate

Compounds

• 分畦
• 圃畦
• 夏畦
• 田畦
• 町畦
• 畛畦
• 畦丁
• 畦作
• 畦溝灌溉 / 畦沟灌溉
• 畦田
• 畦畛
• 畦逕 / 畦迳
• 稻畦
• 花畦
• 菜畦 (càiqí)
• 飄畦 / 飘畦
• 麥畦 / 麦畦

References

• “畦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

畦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. rice paddy ridge
2. furrow
3. rib

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: あぜ (aze, 畦)、うね (une, 畦)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畦
あぜ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【あぜ】 [noun] [from 934] 畔, 畦: an embankment or ridge between rice paddies used for storing water and separation [noun] [unknown] 畔, 畦: a division in between a threshold or a lintel [pronoun] [from 759] (archaic) why [pronoun] [from 1779–1780] (possibly obsolete) no way; expresses surprise and doubt Alternative spellings 畔, 畷, 阡, 疇

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畦
あ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【あ】 [noun] (obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves Alternative spelling 畔

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
畦
うね Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【うね】 [noun] a raised ridge of earth in a field [noun] rib Alternative spellings 畝, 疇

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
畦
くろ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【くろ】 [noun] [from 810 or 934] (dated or dialect) a ridge between rice paddies [noun] [from 1241] a slightly raised place [noun] [from 1775] (hapax legomenon, obsolete) a cricket [noun] [from 1931] (slang, crime) a glove [noun] [from 1915] (slang, crime) a copper coin [noun] [from 1935] (slang, crime) a mole (skin) Alternative spellings 畔, 壠

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲畦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

畦 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

1. sections in vegetable farm