芑

芑 U+8291, 芑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8291 ← 芐 [U+8290] CJK Unified Ideographs 芒 → [U+8292]

芑 U+2F98F, 芑 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F98F ← 䑫 [U+2F98E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 芋 → [U+2F990]

Translingual

Han character

芑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿尸山 (TSU), four-corner 4471₇, composition ⿱艹己)

1. white millet

Derived characters

• 𭰜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3177, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8291

• Unihan data for U+2F98F

Chinese

trad.		芑
simp. #		芑

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
改	*klɯːʔ
跽	*ɡrɯʔ
己	*kɯʔ
紀	*kɯʔ
妀	*kɯʔ
記	*kɯs
杞	*kʰɯʔ
屺	*kʰɯʔ
芑	*kʰɯʔ
邔	*kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
玘	*kʰɯʔ
忌	*ɡɯs
鵋	*ɡɯs
誋	*ɡɯs
梞	*ɡɯs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei², hei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³
    • Yale: chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei², hei²
    • Yale: géi, héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei², hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi², héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³⁵/, /hei̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khiX

Rime
Character	芑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	墟里切
Baxter	khiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨX/
Li Rong	/kʰiəX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芑
Reading #	1/1
No.	5771
Phonetic component	己
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	起
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯʔ/

Definitions

芑

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Compounds

• 采芑

 

References

• “芑”, 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

芑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. white millet

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ちさ (chisa, 芑)