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稽
稽
See also: 乩
Translingual
Han character
稽 (radical 115 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹木戈山日 (HDIUA), four-corner 23961, composition ⿰禾⿱尤旨)
References
- KangXi: page 858, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25218
- Dae Jaweon: page 1283, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2622, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7A3D
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
稽 | |
|---|---|---|
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
- Wade-Giles: chih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kai1, kai2
- Yale: kāi, kái
- Cantonese Pinyin: kai1, kai2
- IPA (key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /kʰɐi̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 稽 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 古奚切 | 康禮切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kei/ | /kʰeiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kei/ | /kʰeiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɛi/ | /kʰɛiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɛj/ | /kʰɛjX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kei/ | /kʰeiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kiei/ | /kʰieiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kiei/ | /kʰieiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jī | qǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 稽 | 稽 | 稽 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jī | jī | jī | qǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kej › | ‹ kej › | ‹ kej › | ‹ khejX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤij/ | /*kˤij/ | /*kˤij/ | /*[kʰ]ˤijʔ/ |
| English | accord with | cultivate (field) | calculate | bow the head to the ground |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 稽 | 稽 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17317 | 17318 |
| Phonetic component |
旨 | 旨 |
| Rime group |
脂 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
雞 | 啓 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kiː/ | /*kʰiːʔ/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
稽 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 稽
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| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 稽 | *kiː, *kʰiːʔ |
| 詣 | *ŋɡiːs |
| 栺 | *ŋɡiːs, *kji |
| 榰 | *klje |
| 脂 | *kji |
| 鴲 | *kji, *kjis |
| 指 | *kjiʔ |
| 旨 | *kjiʔ |
| 恉 | *kjiʔ |
| 嗜 | *ɡjis |
| 蓍 | *qʰlji |
| 鰭 | *ɡri |
| 耆 | *ɡri |
| 鮨 | *ɡri |
| 鬐 | *ɡri |