齊

See also: 齐 and 斉

§Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	斉
simplified	齐
traditional	齊

§Etymology

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​.

§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

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trad.		齊
simp.		齐

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhê, chai, chhî
• Min Nan (POJ): chê / choê / chiâu

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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
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhê, chai, chhî
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chê / choê / chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsê / tsoê / tsiâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡se²³/, /t͡sue²³/, /t͡ɕiaʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se¹³/, /t͡sue¹³/, /t͡ɕiaʊ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (齊, reconstructed)
Character (齊), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 從 (15) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 徂奚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡zei/	/d͡zʱiei/	/d͡zei/	/d͡zei/	/d͡zɛj/	/d͡ziei/	/d͡zɛi/
Character (齊), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 從 (15) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 在詣切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/d͡zeiH/	/d͡zʱieiH/	/d͡zeiH/	/d͡zeiH/	/d͡zɛjH/	/d͡zieiH/	/d͡zɛiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (齊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
齊								qí								‹ dzej ›								/*[dz]ˤəj/								uniform, equal
齊								qí								‹ dzej ›								/*[dz]ˤəj/								Qí (place name)
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
齊					10052					齊					脂					1					齊					/*zliːl/
齊					10064					齊					脂					1					嚌					/*zliːls/

§Compounds

• 齊國

§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

齊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, 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