豈

豈 U+8C48, 豈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C48 ← 豇 [U+8C47] CJK Unified Ideographs 豉 → [U+8C49]

豈 U+F900, 豈 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F900 [unassigned: U+D7FC–U+F8FF] ← ퟻ [U+D7FB] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 更 → [U+F901]

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

trad.		豈
simp.		岂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豈
Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ
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): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki³
    • IPA: /kʰi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
    • Tâi-lô: khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɨi^X/▼

Rime
Character	豈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	袪狶切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨiX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨjX/
Li Rong	/kʰiəiX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/, /*ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豈	豈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10109	10123
Phonetic component	豈	豈
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	愷	豈
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/	/*ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ/
Notes	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

Definitions

豈

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Compounds

• 豈不／岂不 (qǐbù)
• 豈不是／岂不是
• 豈但／岂但 (qǐdàn)
• 豈只／岂只
• 豈可／岂可 (qǐkě)
• 豈弟／岂弟

• 豈弟君子／岂弟君子
• 豈敢／岂敢 (qǐgǎn)
• 豈料／岂料
• 豈有此理／岂有此理 (qǐyǒu-cǐlǐ)
• 豈期／岂期

• 豈止／岂止 (qǐzhǐ)
• 豈直／岂直
• 豈知／岂知
• 豈能／岂能
• 豈非／岂非 (qǐfēi)

References

• “Query for 豈”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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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, rōmaji 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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