齊

齊 U+9F4A, 齊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F4A ← 齉 [U+9F49] CJK Unified Ideographs 齋 → [U+9F4B]

See also: 齐 and 斉

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	齊
Shinjitai	斉
Simplified	齐

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #210, ⿑.

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 齊
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (齊) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
儕	*zriːl
麡	*zriːl, *ʔsliːl, *zliːl
齋	*ʔsriːl
穧	*ʔsleds, *ʔsliːls, *zliːls
擠	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
躋	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
齏	*ʔsliːl
齎	*ʔsliːl, *ʔslil
櫅	*ʔsliːl
齌	*ʔsliːl, *sʰliːl, *zliːls
隮	*ʔsliːl, *ʔsliːls
賷	*ʔsliːl
虀	*ʔsliːl
濟	*ʔsliːlʔ, *ʔsliːls
癠	*ʔsliːlʔ, *zliːl, *zliːlʔ, *zliːls
霽	*ʔsliːls
齊	*zliːl, *zliːls
臍	*zliːl
蠐	*zliːl, *zlil
懠	*zliːl, *zliːls
薺	*zliːlʔ, *zlil
鱭	*zliːlʔ
嚌	*zliːls
劑	*zliːls, *ʔslel
齍	*ʔslil

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

Etymology 1

trad.		齊
simp.		齐
alt. forms		亝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

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

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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
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei⁴
    • 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chê
    • Tâi-lô: tsê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡se²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡se¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡se²³/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêre
    • Tâi-lô: tserê

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou:
  • chôe - vernacular;
  • chê - literary.

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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

1. even; uniform; of equal length

   • 「見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

     “见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     “jiàn xián sī qí yān, jiàn bù xián ér nèi zì xǐng yě.” [Pinyin]

     "When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

1. Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, during the Zhou dynasty
2. the realm of this state under later imperial Chinese dynasties
3. A surname​.

Compounds

• 齊國／齐国 (Qíguó)
• 齊全／齐全 (qíquán)

Etymology 2

trad.		齊
simp.		齐
alt. forms		褿

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): chiâu / châu

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tsiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaʊ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châu
    • Tâi-lô: tsâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʊ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡saʊ²⁴/

Definitions

齊 (Min Nan)

1. uniform; generally consistent
2. 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

Shinjitai	斉
Kyūjitai	齊

Kanji

齊

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

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Readings

• On (unclassified): 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