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U+51E0, 几
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E0

[U+51DF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+51E1]
U+2F0F, ⼏
KANGXI RADICAL TABLE

[U+2F0E]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F10]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

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

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

Usage notesEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

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

Etymology 1Edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠀃

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

PronunciationEdit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (15)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5760
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krilʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

  1. stool; chair
  2. long narrow table; bench
  3. small table
      ―  chá  ―  tea table
DescendantsEdit
Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (ki)
  • Korean: 궤(几) (gwe)
  • Vietnamese: kỉ ()

Others:

  • Vietnamese: ghế (chair)

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

Etymology 3Edit

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

Etymology 4Edit

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

Etymology 5Edit

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

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

ReadingsEdit

CompoundsEdit

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

, eumhun 안석 (anseok gwe)

  1. back rest
  2. desk

ReferencesEdit

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

VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

: Hán Nôm readings: kỉ

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