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几

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See also: 凡, 凢, 儿, 幾, Л, and л
几 U+51E0, 几
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E0
← 凟
[U+51DF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 凡 →
[U+51E1]
⼏ U+2F0F, ⼏
KANGXI RADICAL TABLE
← ⼎
[U+2F0E] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼐ →
[U+2F10]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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Radical 16 几

几 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 77210, composition ⿰丿㇈)

  1. Kangxi radical #16, ⼏.
  2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493

Usage notes

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This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+51E0

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 几
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肌 *kril
飢 *kril
机 *kril, *krilʔ
虮 *kril
几 *krilʔ
麂 *krilʔ

Pictogram (象形) – stool (viewed from the side).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 几
alternative forms 𠀃
机

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, leg; stool”). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 几
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居履切
Baxter kjijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kjɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiX/
Li
Rong 		/kiX/
Wang
Li 		/kiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 几
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.kr[ə]jʔ/
English stool

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 几
Reading # 1/1
No. 5760
Phonetic
component 		几
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		几
Old
Chinese 		/*krilʔ/

Definitions

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几

  1. † stool; chair
  2. long narrow table; bench
  3. small table
    茶几  ―  chájī  ―  tea table
Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (几):
  • → Japanese: 几(き) (ki)
  • → Korean: 궤(几) (gwe)
  • → Vietnamese: kỉ (几)

Others:

  • → Vietnamese: ghế (“chair”)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 幾 (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 幾).
Notes:

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 人).

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 明 (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 明).

Etymology 5

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For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 𠘧 (“Refers to the wings of a bird in flight.; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 𠘧).

Japanese

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Kanji

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几

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. table, table enclosure
  2. table or wind radical

Readings

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Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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几 (eumhun 안석 궤 (anseok gwe))

  1. back rest
  2. desk

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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几: Hán Nôm readings: kỉ

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