丌

See also: 其 and π

丌	U+4E0C, 丌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E0C

← 下
[U+4E0B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

不 →
[U+4E0D]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 76, character 13

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15

Dae Jaweon: page 149, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

**Bronze inscriptions**
b06769	b06770	b06771	b06772	b06773

**Small seal script**
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).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

丌

^† base for supporting the object above

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí (qi²)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ə/

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

^† Alternative form of 其.
A surname.

Japanese

Kanji

丌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

a 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, 丌)

Korean

Hanja

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

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