璣

See also: 玑

璣	U+74A3, 璣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74A3

← 璢
[U+74A2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

璤 →
[U+74A4]

Translingual

Han character

璣 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一土女戈戈 (MGVII), four-corner 1215₃, composition ⿰𤣩幾)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 742, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21253
Dae Jaweon: page 1151, character 30
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1139, character 2
Unihan data for U+74A3

Chinese

trad.		璣
simp.		玑
alternative forms		㼄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	kɯl, kɯls
幾	kɯl, kɯlʔ, ɡɯl, ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	kɯlʔ, ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯl): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 幾 (OC *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gi¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³³/

Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	璣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璣
Reading #	1/1
No.	5798
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

璣

imperfect pearl
(historical) an ancient astronomical instrument

Compounds

口吐珠璣 / 口吐珠玑 (kǒutǔzhūjī)
天璣 / 天玑 (Tiānjī)
字字珠璣 / 字字珠玑 (zìzìzhūjī)
抱璣 / 抱玑 (bàojī)
滿腹珠璣 / 满腹珠玑 (mǎnfùzhūjī)
照夜璣 / 照夜玑 (zhàoyèjī)
珠璣 / 珠玑 (zhūjī)
珠璣咳唾 / 珠玑咳唾 (zhūjīkétuò)
璇璣 / 璇玑 (xuánjī)
璇璣圖 / 璇玑图
璣琲 / 玑琲 (jībèi)
璣鏡 / 玑镜 (jījìng)
璿璣 / 璇玑 (xuánjī)

Japanese

Kanji

璣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、け (ke)、げ (ge)、ぎ (gi)
Kun: たま (tama)

Korean

Hanja

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

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