麒

麒 U+9E92, 麒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E92 ← 麑 [U+9E91] CJK Unified Ideographs 麓 → [U+9E93]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

麒 (radical 198 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心廿一金 (IPTMC), four-corner 0428₁, composition ⿰鹿其)

1. legendary auspicious animal

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1510, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47657
• Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4731, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9E92

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		麒

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 麒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khî
• Min Dong (BUC): gì
• Min Nan (POJ): kî
• Wu (Wiktionary): jji (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹
    • IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
    • IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jji (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨ/▼

Rime
Character	麒
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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9956
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

DefinitionsEdit

麒

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CompoundsEdit

• 舞麒麟 (wǔqílín)
• 麒麟 (qílín)

• 麒麟兒／麒麟儿 (qílín'ér)
• 麒麟座 (Qílínzuò)

• 麒麟楦 (qílínxuàn)
• 麒麟菜 (qílíncài)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

麒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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ReadingsEdit

• Goon: ぎ (gi); ご (go)
• Kan’on: き (ki)

CompoundsEdit

• 麒 (き)麟 (りん) (kirin)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

麒 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

麒 (kì, kỳ)

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