譏

See also: 讥

譏 U+8B4F, 譏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B4F ← 譎 [U+8B4E] CJK Unified Ideographs 譐 → [U+8B50]

Translingual

Han character

譏 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜口女戈戈 (YRVII), four-corner 0265₃, composition ⿰訁幾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1181, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35958
• Dae Jaweon: page 1644, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4022, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8B4F

Chinese

trad.		譏
simp.		讥
alternative forms		𮗸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	*kɯl, *kɯls
幾	*kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	*kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kɯl) : semantic 言 + phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	譏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	譏
Reading #	1/1
No.	5789
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

譏

1. to ridicule; to jeer; to mock
2. (literary) to interrogate
3. (literary) to exhort; to admonish

Compounds

• 冷譏熱嘲／冷讥热嘲
• 反脣相譏／反唇相讥 (fǎnchún-xiāngjī)
• 捷譏／捷讥
• 誓泉之譏／誓泉之讥
• 譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
• 譏呵／讥呵
• 譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
• 譏察／讥察
• 譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
• 譏評／讥评
• 譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào)
• 譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)

 

References

• “譏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

譏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: そしる (soshiru, 譏る)

Korean

Hanja

譏 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

譏: Hán Việt readings: cơ, ky, kỵ

1. chữ Hán form of cơ (“ridicule, admonish”).