畦

畦	U+7566, 畦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7566

← 略
[U+7565]

CJK Unified Ideographs

畧 →
[U+7567]

Translingual

Han character

畦 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土土 (WGG), four-corner 6401₄, composition ⿰田圭)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 762, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21842
Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2539, character 9
Unihan data for U+7566

Chinese

simp. and trad.		畦
alternative forms		𤳬

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	kreː, kreː
鞋	ɡreː, ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	ŋreː, ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	ɡreː, kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	ŋreː, ŋre
崖	ŋreː, ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	qreː, qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	qreː, qʷraː
胿	ɡeː, kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	ɡʷraːʔ, ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	ɡʷraːʔ, qʰʷe
蛙	qʷraː, qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs
罣	kʷreːs, ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	kʰʷreː, ɡʷreːs
鼃	ɢʷreː, qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	kʷeː, ɡʷeː
茥	kʷeː, kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	ɡʷeː, sqʰʷe, qʰʷe, qʰʷi
烓	qʷeː, kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷeː): semantic 田 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí, xī (qi², xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê / kî

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/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwai⁴
  - Yale: kwàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
  - Tâi-lô: hê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hee
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /he²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
  - Tâi-lô: kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/

Middle Chinese: hwej

Rime
Character	畦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸圭切
Baxter	hwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣuei/
Wang Li	/ɣiwei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	畦
Reading #	1/1
No.	4590
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	攜
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷeː/

Definitions

畦

(obsolete) A unit of surface area, equal to 25 or 50 mu (畝／亩 (mǔ))
ridge-bordered rectangular section of land in a field
(obsolete) to divide a field into sections and cultivate

Compounds

分畦
圃畦
夏畦
田畦
町畦
畛畦
畦丁
畦作
畦溝灌溉 / 畦沟灌溉
畦田
畦畛
畦逕 / 畦迳
稻畦
花畦
菜畦 (càiqí)
飄畦 / 飘畦
麥畦 / 麦畦

References

“畦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

畦

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)}^{←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
Kun: あぜ (aze, 畦)、うね (une, 畦)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
畦
あぜ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【あぜ】

[noun] [from 934] 畔, 畦: an embankment or ridge between rice paddies used for storing water and separation

[noun] [unknown] 畔, 畦: a division in between a threshold or a lintel

[pronoun] [from 759] (archaic) why

[pronoun] [from 1779–1780] (possibly obsolete) no way; expresses surprise and doubt

Alternative spellings
畔, 畷, 阡, 疇

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
畦
あ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【あ】	[noun] (obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves Alternative spelling 畔

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
畦
うね Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry.

【うね】	[noun] a raised ridge of earth in a field [noun] rib Alternative spellings 畝, 疇

(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

畦 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

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