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奇

奇

See also: 竒

Translingual

Han character

奇 (radical 37 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大一弓口 (KMNR), four-corner 40621, composition ⿱大可)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 250, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5892
  • Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 533, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5947

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 奇
alt. forms 竒

Etymology

Characters in the same phonetic series (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
奇 *kral, *ɡral
畸 *kral
剞 *kral, *kralʔ
羇 *kral
掎 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲 *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸 *kral
踦 *kralʔ, *kʰral
寄 *krals
徛 *krals, *ɡralʔ
欹 *kʰral, *qral
崎 *kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕 *kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺 *kʰralʔ
婍 *kʰralʔ
騎 *ɡral, *ɡrals
琦 *ɡral
鵸 *ɡral
錡 *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢 *ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮 *ŋɡralʔ
犄 *qral
猗 *qral, *qralʔ
椅 *qral, *qralʔ
旖 *qral, *qralʔ
陭 *qral, *qrals
檹 *qral
漪 *qral
倚 *qralʔ, *qrals

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : A man 大 riding a horse. The horse is now 可. Original form of 騎 (OC *ɡral, *ɡrals, “to ride”). Current meaning by sound loan.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 奇
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰji²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰi¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑi¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑi²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ 稀～
/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/ ～怪
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕi¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑi¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰi¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰei²¹/
Nanning /kʰi²¹/
Hong Kong /kʰei²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ki³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ki⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ki²¹/
/kyɛ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰi⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xi³¹/
Rime
Character 奇
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 渠羈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ɡje/
Wang
Li		 /ɡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奇
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-k(r)aj/
English strange

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 奇
Reading # 2/2
No. 9997
Phonetic
component		 奇
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 竒
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡral/

Definitions

奇

  1. strange; odd; weird; unusual
    奇怪  ―  qíguài  ―  strange
    奇特  ―  qítè  ―  peculiar
  2. wonderful; fantastic; remarkable
    奇跡 / 奇迹  ―  qíjì  ―  miracle
    奇妙  ―  qímiào  ―  fantastic

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 奇
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居宜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /kje/
Wang
Li		 /kǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奇
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k](r)aj/
English odd (number)

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 奇
Reading # 1/2
No. 9973
Phonetic
component		 奇
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 羈
Old
Chinese		 /*kral/
Notes 說文從大可，戴侗從立可聲，古踦字

Definitions

奇

  1. †unsmooth; disadvantageous
  2. †surplus
  3. (mathematics) odd
    奇數 / 奇数  ―  qíshù  ―  odd number

Compounds

  • 奇羨／奇羡
  • 奇贏／奇赢
  • 奇蹄目
  • 奇零
  • 操奇計贏／操奇计赢
  • 數奇／数奇
  • 數奇命蹇／数奇命蹇
  • 有奇 (yǒujī)

Japanese

Kanji

奇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. strange

Readings

Compounds

See also

Korean

Hanja

奇 • ‎(gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki) or 奇 • ‎(ui) (hangeul 의, revised Yi, McCune-Reischauer Yi) : 기특할 기, 의지할 의

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Vietnamese

Han character

奇 (kỳ, cả, cơ, kì)

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