騏

See also: 骐

騏 U+9A0F, 騏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A0F ← 騎 [U+9A0E] CJK Unified Ideographs 騐 → [U+9A10]

Translingual

Han character

騏 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿一金 (SFTMC), four-corner 7438₁, composition ⿰馬其)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1440, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44818
• Dae Jaweon: page 1965, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4559, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9A0F

Chinese

trad.		騏
simp.		骐
alternative forms		騹／𬴆 䭶 ancient 䭼 ancient

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gi

Rime
Character	騏
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠之切
Baxter	gi
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)ə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English	black-mottled grey horse
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	騏
Reading #	1/1
No.	9954
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

騏

1. (literary) dark-blue piebald horse

   • 又曰：「我馬維騏，六轡若絲，載馳載驅，周爰咨謀。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又曰：「我马维骐，六辔若丝，载驰载驱，周爰咨谋。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yòu yuē: “Wǒ mǎ wéi qí, liù pèi ruò sī, zǎi chí zǎi qū, zhōu yuán zī móu.” [Pinyin]

     Further: "My team is of dark grey horses. The six reins look like silk. They trot and gallop. The plans (of the king) are all-inclusive."

2. (literary) excellent horse

   • 騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Qíjì huáliú, yīrì ér chí qiānlǐ, bǔ shǔ bùrú lílíshēng, yán shūjì yě. [Pinyin]

     The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wild dog or a weasel - the gifts of creatures are different.

3. a surname

Compounds

• 人中騏驥／人中骐骥
• 騏騮／骐骝
• 騏驎／骐𬴊 (qílín)
• 騏驥／骐骥 (qíjì)
• 騏驥一毛／骐骥一毛

 

Japanese

Kanji

騏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: くろみどり (kuromidori)

Compounds

• 騏(き)驎(りん) (kirin)

Korean

Hanja

騏 (eum 기 (gi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

騏: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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References

• Nom Foundation