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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 76 +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金弓人 (TCNO), four-corner 47882, composition)

  1. cheat, doublecross, deceive

References

  • KangXi: page 568, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16097
  • Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2142, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6B3A

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯs
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯs
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯs
*ɡɯs

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɨ/
Li
Rong
/kʰiə/
Wang
Li
/kʰĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ khi ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʰ(r)ə/
English to deceive, cheat

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 9940
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰɯ/

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(gi) (hangeul , revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(khi)

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