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麒
麒
Translingual
Han character
麒 (radical 198 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈心廿一金 (IPTMC), four-corner 04281, composition ⿰鹿其)
- legendary auspicious animal
References
- 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
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
麒 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 麒
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| 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 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: kei4
- Yale: kèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kei4
- IPA (key): /kʰei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| 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/ |
Definitions
麒
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Japanese
Kanji
麒
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 麒麟 (kirin)
Korean
Hanja
麒 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
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