齊

See also: 齐 and 斉

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	齊
Shinjitai	斉
Simplified	齐

Alternative forms

• 𠄷 (based on the small seal script form of the character)

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 齊
Small seal script

Ideogram (指事): a field of grain, hence of uniform height.

Han character

齊 (radical 210 齊+0, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜X (YX), four-corner 0022₃)

1. Even; uniform; of equal length
2. Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, viscounty, and kingdom during the Zhou dynasty
3. The realm of this state under later imperial Chinese dynasties
4. A surname​.
5. Kangxi radical #210, ⿑ ‎(“even”).

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/齊
• 濟 劑

References

• KangXi: page 1531, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48560
• Dae Jaweon: page 2068, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4783, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F4A

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Chinese

trad.		齊
simp.		齐
alt. forms		亝

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhè / chhì
• Min Nan (POJ): chê / chôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai⁴
    • Yale: chàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhè / chhì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ceˇ / qiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ce² / qi²
    • IPA: /t͡sʰe¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chê / chôe
    • Tâi-lô: tsê / tsuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zee, zoee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se²⁴/, /t͡sue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se¹³/, /t͡sue¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zei/, /d͡zei^H/▼

Rime
Character	齊	齊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	徂奚切	在詣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zei/	/d͡zeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zei/	/d͡zeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɛi/	/d͡zɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɛj/	/d͡zɛjH/
Li Rong	/d͡zei/	/d͡zeiH/
Wang Li	/d͡ziei/	/d͡zieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiei/	/d͡zʱieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	jì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*zliːl/, /*zliːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	齊	齊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10052	10064
Phonetic component	齊	齊
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	齊	嚌
Old Chinese	/*zliːl/	/*zliːls/

Definitions

齊

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Compounds

• 齊國／齐国 (Qíguó)
• 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chiâu / châu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu / châu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu / tsâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau, zaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ²⁴/, /t͡saʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ¹³/, /t͡saʊ¹³/
    • Note: chiâu - Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung; châu - Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magang, Hsinchu.

Adjective

齊

1. (Min Nan) uniform, generally consistent

Adverb

齊

1. (Min Nan) completely, entirely

Compounds

• 齊勻／齐匀

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #10973”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

齊

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 斉)

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Readings

• On: せい (sei), ざい (zai), さい (sai)
• Kun: そろう (sorou), ひとしい (hitoshii), ひとしく (hitoshiku)

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Korean

Hanja

齊 • ‎(ja, je) (hangeul 자, 제, revised ja, je, McCune-Reischauer cha, che, Yale ca, cey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

齊 (tày, tề, tè, chai)

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References

• Nom Foundation