谿

See also: 溪

谿 U+8C3F, 谿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C3F ← 谾 [U+8C3E] CJK Unified Ideographs 豀 → [U+8C40]

Translingual

Han character

谿 (Kangxi radical 150, 谷+10, 17 strokes, Cangjie input 月大金人口 (BKCOR), four-corner 2846₈, composition ⿰奚谷)

1. valley, gorge
2. mountain stream

Derived characters

• 𧕉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1190, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36219
• Dae Jaweon: page 1653, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3905, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8C3F

Chinese

trad.		谿
simp.		溪*
alternative forms		溪 嵠 豀 磎 𥡙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ke¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁵⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khej

Rime
Character	谿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦奚切
Baxter	khej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	谿
Reading #	1/1
No.	13358
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/

Definitions

谿

1. alternative form of 溪
2. valley; gorge

   谿谷  ―  xīgǔ  ―  valley; gorge

3. Used in place names.

   慈谿  ―  Cíxī  ―  Cixi, Zhejiang

4. a surname, Xi

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī, qī (ji¹, qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴ / kai¹

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hai⁴ / kai¹
    • Yale: hàih / kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴ / kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴ / kei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/, /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

谿

1. only used in 勃谿 (bójī)
2. only used in 蠰谿

Usage notes

In Mainland China's Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), this character is simplified into 溪 (xī) except when used in personal names. It is considered a variant of 溪 (xī), hence the second readings that are also suggested by the majority of modern dictionaries.

References

• “谿”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谿”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

Japanese

Kanji

谿

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. valley

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kan’yō-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: たに (tani, 谿)、たにがわ (tanigawa)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
谿
たに Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【谷たに】2 [noun] a valley (elongated depression between hills or mountains) [noun] a trough (low portion of a wave cycle) [noun] an intersection of two receding roof slopes [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 渓

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

Korean

Hanja

谿 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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