期

See also: 朞

期 U+671F, 期 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671F ← 朞 [U+671E] CJK Unified Ideographs 朠 → [U+6720]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

期 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月 (TCB), four-corner 4782₀, composition ⿰其月)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 506, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14378
• Dae Jaweon: page 887, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2083, character 7
• Unihan data for U+671F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		期
alternative forms		朞 𣍡 𣍣 𣍠 㫷 朞 𣍡 𣍣 𣍠 㫷 𣇳 𣅆 稘 partial 其 partial 𠔸 𡢁 𥟝 𣔔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 期
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
基	*kɯ
箕	*kɯ
朞	*kɯ
稘	*kɯ
萁	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
期	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅	*kɯ, *ɡɯs
其	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤	*kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆	*kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺	*kʰɯ
娸	*kʰɯ
魌	*kʰɯ
僛	*kʰɯ
唭	*kʰɯs
棋	*ɡɯ
旗	*ɡɯ
淇	*ɡɯ
祺	*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪	*ɡɯ
騏	*ɡɯ
綦	*ɡɯ
麒	*ɡɯ
蜞	*ɡɯ
綨	*ɡɯ
蜝	*ɡɯ
棊	*ɡɯ
碁	*ɡɯ
鯕	*ɡɯ
踑	*ɡɯ
藄	*ɡɯ
櫀	*ɡɯ
璂	*ɡɯ
禥	*ɡɯ
惎	*ɡɯs
帺	*ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 月 (“moon”) – changing moon marks the passage of time, hence a period of time.

Etymology

Cognate with 其 (OC *kɯ, “should; probably”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 期

1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet

   不期而遇  ―  bùqī'éryù  ―  to meet unexpectedly or by chance

   • 期我乎桑中，要我乎上宮，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     期我乎桑中，要我乎上宫，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     She made an appontment with me in Sangzhong;
     She will meet me in Shanggong;
     She will accompany me to Qishang.

2. (literary) to meet; to gather
3. to hope; to wish; to expect

   期待  ―  qīdài  ―  to look forward to

   未來可期／未来可期  ―  wèilái kě qī  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. date; specific day; scheduled time

   限期  ―  xiànqī  ―  deadline

   • 會天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     会天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Huì tiān dàyǔ, dào bù tōng, duó yǐ shīqī. Shīqī, fǎ jiē zhǎn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. period of time; stage

   學期／学期  ―  xuéqī  ―  semester

   青春期  ―  qīngchūnqī  ―  adolescence

6. (geology) age (geochronologic unit)
7. Classifier for periods of time or stages of a project.
8. (obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
9. (obsolete) limit
10. (obsolete) good fortune; chance

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī, qī (ji¹, qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ki

Rime
Character	期
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居之切
Baxter	ki
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/kie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨ/
Li Rong	/kiə/
Wang Li	/kĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	期
Reading #	1/2
No.	9935
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	姬
Old Chinese	/*kɯ/
Notes	集韻稘注或體

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 期

1. (obsolete) one-year anniversary
2. (historical, obsolete) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

期

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. period
2. time
3. date
4. term

Readings

• Go-on: こ (ko)、ご (go, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 期る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 期(き)間(かん) (kikan)
• 期(き)待(たい) (kitai)
• 男(だん)根(こん)期(き) (dankonki): phallic stage

Etymology

Kanji in this term
期
き Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 期 (MC gi, “period of time”).

Affix

期(き) • (ki) 

1. time; period
2. to expect; to look forward to

Suffix

期(き) • (-ki) 

1. period (of time)

   反抗(はんこう)期(き)

   hankōki

   rebellious phase

2. (television show) season

   「進撃(しんげき)の巨人(きょじん)」の二(に)期(き)

   “Shingeki no Kyojin” no niki

   the second season of Attack on Titan

3. geological age

See also

• 紀(き) (ki)

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Korean

Hanja

期 (eumhun 기약할 기 (giyakhal gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“expect; time; period”)

Compounds

• 기간 (期間, gigan, “period”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

期: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kề, kỳ

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