蚑

蚑 U+8691, 蚑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8691 ← 蚐 [U+8690] CJK Unified Ideographs 蚒 → [U+8692]

Translingual

Han character

蚑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十水 (LIJE), four-corner 5414₇, composition ⿰虫支)

1. tip-toe

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32858
• Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8691

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蚑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	*kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	*kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	*kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	*qʰjes, *ɡe
妓	*kre, *ɡreʔ
庋	*kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂	*kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	*kʰes, *ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	*ɡre, *ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	*kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjie, gjie, khjieH

Rime
Character	蚑	蚑	蚑
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	巨支切	巨支切	去智切
Baxter	gjie	gjie	khjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/	/ɡiᴇ/	/kʰiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/	/ɡiɛ/	/kʰiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/	/ɡjɛ/	/kʰjɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/	/giə̆/	/kʰiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɡie/	/ɡie/	/kʰieH/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/ɡǐe/	/kʰǐeH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/gie̯/	/kʰie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	qí	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	kei4	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰes/, /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚑	蚑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17218	17223
Phonetic component	支	支
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	企	祇
Old Chinese	/*kʰes/	/*ɡe/

Definitions

蚑

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Compounds

• 蚑行

 

Japanese

Kanji

蚑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); ぎ (gi); げ (ge)
• Kun: はう (hau)