磯

See also: 矶

Translingual

Han character

磯 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一口女戈戈 (MRVII), four-corner 1265₃, composition ⿰石幾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 836, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24465
• Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2458, character 3
• Unihan data for U+78EF

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Chinese

trad.		磯
simp.		矶

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 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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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
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	磯
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	磯
Reading #	1/1
No.	5791
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/
Notes	見孟子

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 磯

1. ^† (of waves) to pound against a rock
2. ^† (figurative) to enrage; to offend
3. rock or rocky beach jutting out of the water

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Japanese

Kanji

磯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: いそ (iso, 磯)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
磯
いそ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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

【いそ】 [noun] seashore

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 磯 (ki, cơ)

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