其
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TranslingualEdit
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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 | |
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alt. forms | 丌 亓 |
Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 其 | ||||||||||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||||||||||
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | |||||||||||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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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
Pronunciation 1Edit
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kei4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì
- Min Dong (BUC): gì
- Min Nan (POJ): kî
- Wu (Wiktionary): jji (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kei4
- Yale: kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4
- Guangdong Romanization: kéi4
- IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì
- Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ki2
- IPA: /kʰi¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
- IPA (key): /ki⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jji (T3)
- IPA (key): /d̥͡ʑi²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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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) | ||
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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; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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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
- † he; she; it; they; one
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投其所好 ― tóuqísuǒhào ― to adapt to somebody's taste (lit. to cater to that which one likes)
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- † his; her; its; their
- (Min Dong) Possessive particle.
- A surname.
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 的 (“possessive particle”) [map] | ||
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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
Pronunciation 2Edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
- Wade-Giles: chih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gei1
- Yale: gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1
- IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Rime | |
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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) | |
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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
- † Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
- † Used in names.
ReferencesEdit
- (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.
- (Min Nan) “Entry #3600”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
JapaneseEdit
KoreanEdit
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