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其

其 U+5176, 其
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5176
← 兵
[U+5175]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 具 →
[U+5177]
See also: 丌

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

其 (radical 12 八+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一金 (TMMC), four-corner 44801, composition ⿴共二)

Derived charactersEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 127, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1472
  • Dae Jaweon: page 286, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 245, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5176

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 其
alt. forms 丌
亓

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 其
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
       
Large seal script
 

L30282
 

L30283
 

L30284
 

L30285
 

L30286
 

L30287
 

L30288
 

L30289
 

L30290
 

L30291
 

L30292
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
基 *kɯ
箕 *kɯ
朞 *kɯ
稘 *kɯ
萁 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
期 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅 *kɯ, *ɡɯs
其 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆 *kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺 *kʰɯ
娸 *kʰɯ
魌 *kʰɯ
僛 *kʰɯ
唭 *kʰɯs
棋 *ɡɯ
旗 *ɡɯ
淇 *ɡɯ
祺 *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪 *ɡɯ
騏 *ɡɯ
綦 *ɡɯ
麒 *ɡɯ
蜞 *ɡɯ
綨 *ɡɯ
蜝 *ɡɯ
棊 *ɡɯ
碁 *ɡɯ
鯕 *ɡɯ
踑 *ɡɯ
藄 *ɡɯ
櫀 *ɡɯ
璂 *ɡɯ
禥 *ɡɯ
惎 *ɡɯs
帺 *ɡɯs

In the oracle bone script, it was originally 𠀠, a pictogram (象形) of a basket.

In the bronze inscriptions, 丌 was added under the basket to represent a stand. It may also have acted as a phonetic component.

Later borrowed for an Old Chinese pronoun. The derivative 箕 (OC *kɯ) refers to the original word.

EtymologyEdit

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Pronunciation 1Edit

Rime
Character 其
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiə/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 其 其
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qí qí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gi › ‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡə/ /*ɡə/
English modal particle (3p possessive)

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 其
Reading # 2/2
No. 9947
Phonetic
component		 其
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 其
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡɯ/

DefinitionsEdit

其

  1. † he; she; it; they; one
    投其所好  ―  tóuqísuǒhào  ―  to adapt to somebody's taste (lit. to cater to that which one likes)
  2. † his; her; its; their
    各司其職 / 各司其职  ―  gèsīqízhí  ―  each person performs his own function
  3. (Min Dong) Possessive particle.
  4. A surname​.
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 他 (“he”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 伊、彼、其、渠、斯、此
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 他
Mandarin Beijing 他、怹
Taiwan 他
Jinan 他
Xi'an 他
Wuhan 他、他家
Chengdu 他
Yangzhou 他
Hefei 他
Cantonese Guangzhou 佢
Hong Kong 佢
Taishan 佢
Yangjiang 佢
Gan Nanchang 佢
Hakka Meixian 佢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 佢
Liudui (S. Sixian) 佢
Hsinchu (Hailu) 佢
Dongshi (Dabu) 佢
Zhuolan (Raoping) 佢
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 佢
Jin Taiyuan 他
Min Bei Jian'ou 佢
Min Dong Fuzhou 伊
Matsu 伊
Min Nan Xiamen 伊
Taipei 伊
Chaozhou 伊
Wu Shanghai 伊
Suzhou 俚、俚倷、唔倷
Hangzhou 他
Wenzhou 渠
Chongming 伊
Danyang 他
Jinhua 渠
Tangxi 渠、渠儂
Ningbo 渠、渠儂
Xiang Changsha 他
Shuangfeng 他
Dialectal synonyms of 的 (“possessive particle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 之
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 的
Mandarin Beijing 的
Taiwan 的
Malaysia 的
Singapore 的
Cantonese Guangzhou 嘅、個
Hong Kong 嘅、個
Taishan 個
Gan Nanchang 个
Hakka Meixian 个
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 个
Liudui (S. Sixian) 个
Hsinchu (Hailu) 个
Dongshi (Dabu) 个
Zhuolan (Raoping) 个
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 个
Jin Taiyuan 的
Min Dong Fuzhou 其
Min Nan Xiamen 个
Chaozhou 個
Shantou 個
Wu Shanghai 個
Wenzhou 個
Xiang Changsha 的

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 其

Pronunciation 2Edit

Rime
Character 其
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɨ/
Li
Rong		 /kiə/
Wang
Li		 /kĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jī
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 其
Reading # 1/2
No. 9937
Phonetic
component		 其
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 姬
Old
Chinese		 /*kɯ/

DefinitionsEdit

其

  1. † Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  2. † Used in names.
    酈食其 / 郦食其  ―  Lì Yìjī  ―  Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang)

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

其

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

PronounEdit

其 (hiragana し, rōmaji shi)

  1. (archaic) that
  2. you
  3. oneself

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

其 • (gi) (hangeul 기)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

其 (khởi, kì, kỳ, cà)

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