祁

祁 U+7941, 祁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7941 ← 祀 [U+7940] CJK Unified Ideographs 祂 → [U+7942]

Translingual

Han character

祁 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓中 (IFNL), four-corner 3722₇, composition ⿰礻阝)

Derived characters

• 𭈢, 𧌴, 𩷾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24634
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2385, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7941

Chinese

simp. and trad.		祁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
示	*ɡle, *ɢljils
祁	*ɡril, *kljilʔ
狋	*ŋɡril, *ɡʷren
視	*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
眎	*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
沶	*li

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡril, *kljilʔ) : phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils) + semantic 邑 (“place”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjij

Rime
Character	祁
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠脂切
Baxter	gjij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gi/
Li Rong	/ɡi/
Wang Li	/ɡi/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]rij/, /*[ɡ]rə[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡril/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祁	祁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gij ›	‹ gij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]rij/	/*[ɡ]rə[j]/
English	(place name)	great, numerous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祁
Reading #	1/2
No.	11599
Phonetic component	示
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鬐
Old Chinese	/*ɡril/

Definitions

祁

1. ^† great
2. (～縣) Qi County (a county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)
3. Short for 祁門／祁门 (Qímén).
4. Short for 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng).
5. ^‡ numerous; ample; abundant
6. a surname

   祁家威  ―  Qí Jiāwēi  ―  Chi Chia-wei (a Taiwanese gay civil rights activist)

Compounds

• 伊祁
• 伊祁氏
• 六出祁山
• 宋祁
• 巫支祁
• 師祁／师祁
• 支祁
• 昭餘祁／昭余祁
• 暑雨祁寒
• 無支祁／无支祁
• 犁祁
• 王原祁
• 盛暑祁寒
• 祁僮
• 祁劇／祁剧
• 祁哀
• 祁奚之舉／祁奚之举
• 祁奚之薦／祁奚之荐
• 祁奚之諸／祁奚之诸
• 祁奚舉午／祁奚举午
• 祁奚舉子／祁奚举子
• 祁奚薦仇／祁奚荐仇
• 祁奚請老／祁奚请老
• 祁家溝／祁家沟 (Qíjiāgōu)
• 祁寒
• 祁寒暑雨
• 祁寒極暑／祁寒极暑
• 祁寒溽暑
• 祁寒盛暑
• 祁寒酷暑
• 祁寒隆署
• 祁山
• 祁巷 (Qíxiàng)
• 祁曼塔格 (Qímàntǎgé)
• 祁東／祁东 (Qídōng)
• 祁祁
• 祁祁學子／祁祁学子
• 祁紅／祁红 (qíhóng)
• 祁縣／祁县 (Qíxiàn)
• 祁連／祁连 (Qílián)
• 祁連山／祁连山 (Qílián Shān)
• 祁門／祁门 (Qímén)
• 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng)
• 續祁／续祁
• 郊祁
• 黎祁

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyijX

Rime
Character	祁
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職雉切
Baxter	tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cjiX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljilʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祁
Reading #	2/2
No.	11601
Phonetic component	示
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旨
Old Chinese	/*kljilʔ/
Notes	礻原作示

Definitions

祁

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Japanese

Kanji

祁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: おおいに (ōini, 祁いに); さかんに (sakanni, 祁んに); これ (kore)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

祁: Hán Việt readings: kì, kỳ
祁: Nôm readings: kì, kỳ

1. chữ Hán form of Kì (“a surname”).