耆

Translingual

Han character

耆 (Kangxi radical 125, 老+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十心日 (JPA), four-corner 4460₁, composition ⿱老日)

Derived characters

嗜, 愭, 搘, 榰, 蓍, 螧, 鬐, 鰭/鳍, 䅲, 𡺸, 𣉟, 𣯆, 𣹡, 𥉙, 𦓂, 𦔌, 𦞯, 𧡺, 𧪡/𬤓, 𨢍, 𨪌, 𨲤, 𩝙, 𩥂/𩥞, 𪄖, 𫂓, 𫎟, 𭏎

Usage notes

This character has two indices in kRSUnicode: <老+4> and <日+6>. The latter index is probably for Japanese.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 961, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28849
• Dae Jaweon: page 1409, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2780, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8006

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Chinese

trad.		耆
simp. #		耆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
稽	*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣	*ŋɡiːs
栺	*ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰	*klje
脂	*kji
鴲	*kji, *kjis
指	*kjiʔ
旨	*kjiʔ
恉	*kjiʔ
嗜	*ɡjis
蓍	*qʰlji
鰭	*ɡri
耆	*ɡri
鮨	*ɡri
鬐	*ɡri

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: gjij

Rime
Character	耆
Reading #	1/1
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/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡri/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	耆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]rij/
English	old
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	耆
Reading #	1/1
No.	17332
Phonetic component	旨
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	鬐
Old Chinese	/*ɡri/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耆

1. man of sixty
2. ^† aged; old; senior
3. ^† tyrannical
4. ^† to detest; to abhor

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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耆

1. ^† to cause; to result in

   • 嗣武受之、勝殷遏劉、耆定爾功。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嗣武受之、胜殷遏刘、耆定尔功。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sì Wǔ shòu zhī, shèng yīn è liú, zhǐ dìng ěr gōng. [Pinyin]

     Thou did'st receive the inheritance from him;
     Thou did'st vanquish Yin, and put a stop to its cruelties; -
     Effecting the firm establishment of thy merit.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 耆

1. ^† Original form of 嗜 (shì, “to be fond of”).

   • 鴟鴉耆鼠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鸱鸦耆鼠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chī yā shì shǔ. [Pinyin]

     Owls and crows delight in mice.

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Japanese

Kanji

耆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. senility

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); し (shi); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: き (ki); し (shi)
• Kun: おいる (oiru, 耆いる)

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Korean

Hanja

耆 • (gi, chi) (hangeul 기, 치, revised gi, chi, McCune–Reischauer ki, ch'i, Yale ki, chi)

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