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綺

綺

See also: 绮

Translingual

Han character

綺 (radical 120 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火大一口 (VFKMR), four-corner 24921, composition ⿰糹奇)

  1. fine, thin silk
  2. elegant, beautiful

References

  • KangXi: page 928, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3411, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7DBA

Chinese

trad. 綺
simp. 绮

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 綺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 墟彼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠiᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚiɛX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰjiə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /kʰjeX/
Wang
Li		 /kʰǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 綺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjeX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/
English patterned silk

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 綺
Reading # 1/1
No. 9992
Phonetic
component		 奇
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 綺
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰralʔ/

Definitions

綺

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Compounds

  • 插金披綺／插金披绮
  • 泰綺絲／泰绮丝
  • 清綺／清绮
  • 煥綺／焕绮
  • 珠翠羅綺／珠翠罗绮
  • 紈綺／纨绮
  • 紈綺年／纨绮年
  • 綠綺／绿绮
  • 綺井／绮井
  • 綺媚／绮媚
  • 綺室／绮室 (qǐshì)
  • 綺年／绮年
  • 綺年玉貌／绮年玉貌
  • 綺思／绮思 (qǐsī)
  • 綺情／绮情
  • 綺疏／绮疏
  • 綺窗／绮窗
  • 綺紈之歲／绮纨之岁
  • 綺縞／绮缟
  • 綺繡／绮绣
  • 綺羅／绮罗 (qǐluó)
  • 綺羅粉黛／绮罗粉黛
  • 綺羅香／绮罗香
  • 綺襦紈褲／绮襦纨裤
  • 綺語／绮语
  • 綺錢／绮钱
  • 綺陌／绮陌
  • 綺靡／绮靡
  • 綺麗／绮丽 (qǐlì)
  • 羅綺／罗绮
  • 膏粱紈綺／膏粱纨绮
  • 餘霞成綺／余霞成绮

Japanese

Kanji

綺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

綺 (khỉ, ỷ, khởi)

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