覬

See also: 觊

Translingual

Han character

覬 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山廿月山山 (UTBUU), four-corner 2611₀, composition ⿰豈見)

1. covet, long for, desire

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1136, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34934
• Dae Jaweon: page 1603, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3672, character 13
• Unihan data for U+89AC

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Chinese

trad.		覬
simp.		觊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 覬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ / kei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei³ / kei³
    • Yale: gei / kei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ / kei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ / kéi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³/, /kʰei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kijH

Rime
Character	覬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	几利切
Baxter	kijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiH/
Li Rong	/kjiH/
Wang Li	/kiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10121
Phonetic component	豈
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冀
Old Chinese	/*krɯls/

Definitions

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References

• “覬”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

覬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. coveting high rank

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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