琪

琪	U+742A, 琪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-742A

← 琩
[U+7429]

CJK Unified Ideographs

琫 →
[U+742B]

Translingual

Han character

琪 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土廿一金 (MGTMC), four-corner 1418₁, composition ⿰𤣩其)

Derived characters

𬈲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21067
Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 3
Unihan data for U+742A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		琪

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯ): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí (qi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²
  - Yale: chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kei⁴
  - Yale: kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: gi

Rime
Character	琪
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
Baxter	gi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琪
Reading #	1/1
No.	9953
Phonetic component	其
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	其
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/

Definitions

琪

a beautiful jade; also connotes flourishing flowers and plants; a metaphor for precious things

Compounds

安琪兒 / 安琪儿 (ānqí'ér)
沙琪瑪 / 沙琪玛 (shāqímǎ)
火樹琪花 / 火树琪花
琪樹 / 琪树
琪花瑤草 / 琪花瑶草
瑤草琪花 / 瑶草琪花

Japanese

Kanji

琪

(Hyōgai kanji)

type of jade

Readings

Go-on: ぎ (gi)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: たま (tama, 琪)

Korean

Hanja

琪 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

fine jade

Vietnamese

Han character

琪: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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