豈

See also: 岂

Translingual

Han character

豈 (radical 151 豆+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山一口廿 (UMRT), four-corner 2210₈, composition ⿱山豆)

1. how?
2. what?

References

• KangXi: page 1191, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36249
• Dae Jaweon: page 1654, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3565, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8C48

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Chinese

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trad.		豈
simp.		岂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): khí
• Min Nan (POJ): khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei²
    • Yale: héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei²
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /kʰi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
    • Tâi-lô: khí
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (豈, reconstructed)
Character (豈), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 微 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 袪狶切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɨiX/	/kʰe̯iX/	/kʰiəiX/	/kʰɨiX/	/kʰɨjX/	/kʰĭəiX/	/kʰiəiX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (豈, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
豈					10109					豈					微					1					愷					/*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/					同愷見小雅，說文微省聲而微所從又豈省聲，陳獨秀雲象還師奏鼓，後作凱
豈					10123					豈					微					1					豈					/*ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ/

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

豈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: き (ki), がい (gai), かい (kai)
• Kun: あに (ani)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ani]

Adverb

豈 (hiragana あに, romaji ani)

1. a rhetorical interrogative; (just) how
2. expresses a strong denial; not at all, not in the least

Derived terms

• 豈図 (あにはか)らんや (ani hakaran ya)

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Korean

Hanja

豈 (gae, gi) (hangeul 개, 기, revised gae, gi, McCune-Reischauer kae, ki, Yale kay, ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豈 (khởi)

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