䭫

䭫	U+4B6B, 䭫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4B6B

Translingual

Han character

䭫 (Kangxi radical 185, 首+6, 15 strokes, composition ⿰旨首)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1428, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4501, character 10
Unihan data for U+4B6B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䭫

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ) + semantic 首 (“head”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³
  - Yale: chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kai²
  - Yale: kái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³⁵/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤijʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	䭫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ khej^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁijʔ/
English	bow the head to the ground
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.

Definitions

䭫

Alternative form of 稽 (qǐ, “to rest; to stay”), used in 稽首 (qǐshǒu).

Usage notes

The character form 䭫 (qǐ) is used much less frequently than 稽 in the classical literature. However, its composition is closer to the one attested in the bronze script. An even closer transcription would be 𩒨 (⿰旨頁).