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豈
豈
See also: 岂
Translingual
Han character
豈 (radical 151 豆+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山一口廿 (UMRT), four-corner 22108, composition ⿱山豆)
References
- KangXi: page 1191, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36249
- Dae Jaweon: page 1654, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3565, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8C48
Chinese
| trad. | 豈 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 岂 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 豈
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|---|---|---|
| Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 獃 | *tŋɯː, *ŋɯː |
| 剴 | *kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl |
| 凱 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 愷 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 塏 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 鎧 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls |
| 颽 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 暟 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ |
| 闓 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls |
| 豈 | *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ |
| 隑 | *ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl |
| 皚 | *ŋɯːl |
| 嵦 | *ŋɡɯːl |
| 敳 | *ŋɯːl |
| 磑 | *ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls |
| 螘 | *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ |
| 覬 | *krɯls |
| 溰 | *ŋɯl |
| 顗 | *ŋɯlʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hei2
- Yale: héi
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2
- IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
- Hakka Romanization System: ki`
- Hagfa Pinyim: ki3
- IPA: /kʰi³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
- Tâi-lô: khí
- Phofsit Daibuun: qie
- IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 豈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 袪狶切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰɨiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰɨiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰiəiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰɨjX/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰiəiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰĭəiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰe̯iX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qǐ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 豈 | 豈 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10109 | 10123 |
| Phonetic component |
豈 | 豈 |
| Rime group |
微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
愷 | 豈 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/ | /*ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ/ |
| Notes | 同愷見小雅,說文微省聲而微所從又豈省聲,陳獨秀雲象還師奏鼓,後作凱 | |
Definitions
豈
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Compounds
References
- “Query for 豈”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
豈
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Readings
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ani]
Adverb
- a rhetorical interrogative; (just) how
- expresses a strong denial; not at all, not in the least
Derived terms
- 豈図らんや (ani hakaran ya)
Korean
Hanja
豈 • (gae, gi) (hangeul 개, 기, revised gae, gi, McCune-Reischauer kae, ki, Yale kay, ki)
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Vietnamese
Han character
豈 (khởi)
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