蹊

蹊 U+8E4A, 蹊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E4A ← 蹉 [U+8E49] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹋 → [U+8E4B]

Translingual

Han character

蹊 (radical 157 足+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口一月女大 (RMBVK), four-corner 6213₄, composition ⿰足奚)

References

• KangXi: page 1231, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37747
• Dae Jaweon: page 1703, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3729, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8E4A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		蹊

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): hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁴
    • Yale: hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦei/▼

Rime
Character	蹊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣei/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeː/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蹊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ hej ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˤe/
English	foot-path
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹊
Reading #	1/1
No.	13367
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奚
Old Chinese	/*ɡeː/

Definitions

蹊

1. (literary) footpath
2. ^† to trample on; to cross; to traverse
3. ^† footprint
4. ^† path; way
5. ^† Alternative form of 徯 (xī, “to wait”).

Compounds

• 別開蹊徑／别开蹊径
• 別闢蹊徑／别辟蹊径
• 另闢蹊徑／另辟蹊径
• 各闢蹊徑／各辟蹊径

• 成蹊
• 李下無蹊／李下无蹊
• 獨闢蹊徑／独辟蹊径
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng)

• 蹊田奪牛／蹊田夺牛
• 蹊要
• 鼠蹊 (shǔqī)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

蹊

1. Only used in 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo).

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

蹊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. path

Readings

• Goon: げ (ge)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: こみち (komichi, 蹊); わたる (wataru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい) (sokei): groin
• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)部 (ぶ) (sokeibu): groin
• 鼠 (そ)蹊 (けい)管 (かん) (sokeikan): inguinal canal

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Korean

Hanja

蹊 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune-Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)

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