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妓

妓

Translingual

Han character

妓 (radical 38 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女十水 (VJE), four-corner 44447, composition ⿰女支)

  1. prostitute
  2. woman who entertains

References

  • KangXi: page 256, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6083
  • Dae Jaweon: page 520, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+5993

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 妓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 妓
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

女 + 技. Literally a woman who entertains with an ability.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 妓
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕi⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕi²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕi³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕji²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕi¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕi¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕi¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Kunming /t͡ɕi²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑi³¹/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑi²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi²²/
Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Hakka Meixian /kʰi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /ki²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kei²²/
Nanning /ki²²/
Hong Kong /kei²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /ki²²/
/ki⁵⁵/ 俗
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kɛi²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ki⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ki³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ki³⁵/
Rime
Character 妓 妓
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (13) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie 居宜切 渠綺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiᴇ/ /ɡˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiɛ/ /ɡᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiɛ/ /ɡiɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjiə̆/ /gjiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /kje/ /ɡjeX/
Wang
Li		 /kǐe/ /ɡǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kie̯/ /gie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jī jì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 妓 妓
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17213 17230
Phonetic
component		 支 支
Rime
group		 支 支
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 羈 技
Old
Chinese		 /*kre/ /*ɡreʔ/

Definitions

妓

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

妓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Kanji in this term
妓
ぎ
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妓 ‎(“female entertainer”).

Pronunciation

Noun

妓 ‎(hiragana ぎ, romaji gi)

  1. female entertainer

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

妓 (kĩ, đĩ, kỹ)

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