綺

See also: 绮

綺	U+7DBA, 綺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DBA

← 綹
[U+7DB9]

CJK Unified Ideographs

綻 →
[U+7DBB]

Translingual

Han character

綺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火大一口 (VFKMR), four-corner 2492₁, composition ⿰糹奇)

fine, thin silk
elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

𤀽, 𦿟, 𦌰

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27586
Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3411, character 3
Unihan data for U+7DBA

Chinese

trad.		綺
simp.		绮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
奇	kral, ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	kral, kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	kral, kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	kral, kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	kralʔ, kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	krals, ɡralʔ
欹	kʰral, qral
崎	kʰral, ɡɯl
觭	kʰral, kʰralʔ
碕	kʰral, kʰralʔ, ɡral, ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	ɡral, ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	ɡral, ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	ɡrals, qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	qral, qralʔ
椅	qral, qralʔ
旖	qral, qralʔ
陭	qral, qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	qralʔ, qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰralʔ): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khí

(Hailu, HRS): ki^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): kiē
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³
  - Yale: chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji²
  - Yale: yí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kiē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰie³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
  - Tâi-lô: khí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: khjeX

Rime
Character	綺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	墟彼切
Baxter	khjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kʰje^X/
Wang Li	/kʰǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ khje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/
English	patterned silk
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.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9992
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰralʔ/

Definitions

綺

woven silk
beautiful, gorgeous

Compounds

插金披綺 / 插金披绮
泰綺絲 / 泰绮丝
清綺 / 清绮
煥綺 / 焕绮
珠翠羅綺 / 珠翠罗绮
紈綺 / 纨绮
紈綺年 / 纨绮年
綺井 / 绮井
綺媚 / 绮媚
綺室 / 绮室 (qǐshì)
綺年 / 绮年
綺年玉貌 / 绮年玉貌
綺思 / 绮思 (qǐsī)
綺情 / 绮情
綺疏 / 绮疏
綺窗 / 绮窗
綺紈之歲 / 绮纨之岁
綠綺 / 绿绮 (Lǜqǐ)
綺縞 / 绮缟
綺繡 / 绮绣
綺羅 / 绮罗 (qǐluó)
綺羅粉黛 / 绮罗粉黛
綺羅香 / 绮罗香
綺襦紈褲 / 绮襦纨裤
綺語 / 绮语 (qǐyǔ)
綺錢 / 绮钱
綺陌 / 绮陌
綺靡 / 绮靡
綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
羅綺 / 罗绮
膏粱紈綺 / 膏粱纨绮
餘霞成綺 / 余霞成绮

Japanese

Kanji

綺

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: き (ki)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: あや (aya, 綺)

Compounds

綺麗(きれい) (kirei): beauty

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

綺: Hán Nôm readings: khỉ, ỷ, khởi

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