丌

See also: 其, π, and ㅠ
丌 U+4E0C, 丌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0C
← 下
[U+4E0B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 不 →
[U+4E0D]

Translingual

Han character

丌 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中 (ML), four-corner 10220, composition ⿸丆丨)

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15
  • Dae Jaweon: page 149, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 9, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E0C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丌
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
b06769
b06770
b06771
b06772
b06773
s03453
Transcribed ancient scripts
L02434
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

丌 (obsolete)

  1. base for supporting the object above

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丌 – see 其 (“his; her; its; their; he; she; it; they; one; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 其).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丌
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ gi ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]ə/
English (3p possessive)

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.

Definitions

丌

  1. a surname

Japanese

Kanji

丌

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. table

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎ (gi)、ご (go)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: その (sono, 丌の)、それ (sore, 丌れ)、だい (dai)、ものおきだい (monōkidai)

Korean

Hanja

丌 (eumhun 책상 기 (chaeksang gi))
丌 (eumhun 그 기 (geu gi))

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References

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