琦

琦

琦 U+7426, 琦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7426 ← 琥 [U+7425] CJK Unified Ideographs 琧 → [U+7427]

Translingual

Han character

琦 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土大一口 (MGKMR), four-corner 1412₁, composition ⿰𤣩奇)

References

• KangXi: page 734, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21062
• Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7426

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		琦
alternative forms		𤦺

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, OC *ɡral) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇ/

Rime
Character	琦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠羈切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡje/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	琦
Reading #	1/1
No.	9999
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	竒
Old Chinese	/*ɡral/

Definitions

琦

1. fine, admirable, extraordinary
2. jade, gem, precious stone
3. bizarre

Compounds

琦善 琦行

瑰意琦行 (guīyìqíxíng) 琦瑋／琦玮

韓琦／韩琦

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02633
• “琦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

琦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gem
2. precious stone
3. jade

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: たま (tama)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. type of jade
2. strange, odd
3. rare

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Vietnamese

Han character

琦: Hán Nôm readings: kỳ, kì

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