祁

祁

祁 U+7941, 祁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7941 ← 祀 [U+7940] CJK Unified Ideographs 祂 → [U+7942]

Translingual

Han character

祁 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓中 (IFNL), four-corner 3722₇, composition ⿰礻阝)

References

• KangXi: page 840, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24634
• Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2385, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7941

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		祁

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
示	*ɡle, *ɢljils
祁	*ɡril, *kljilʔ
狋	*ŋɡril, *ɡʷren
視	*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
眎	*ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils
沶	*li

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡril, *kljilʔ) : phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils) + semantic 邑 (“place”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kî

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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/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiɪ/

Rime
Character	祁
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠脂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gi/
Li Rong	/ɡi/
Wang Li	/ɡi/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]rij/, /*[ɡ]rə[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡril/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	祁	祁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gij ›	‹ gij ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]rij/	/*[ɡ]rə[j]/
English	(place name)	great, numerous
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	祁
Reading #	1/2
No.	11599
Phonetic component	示
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鬐
Old Chinese	/*ɡril/

Definitions

祁

1. ^† great
2. (～縣) Qi County (a county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)
3. Short for 祁門／祁门 (Qímén).
4. Short for 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng).
5. ^‡ numerous; ample; abundant
6. a surname

   祁家威  ―  Qí Jiāwēi  ―  Chi Chia-wei (a Taiwanese gay civil rights activist)

Compounds

伊祁 伊祁氏 六出祁山 宋祁 巫支祁 支祁 暑雨祁寒 犁祁 王原祁 盛暑祁寒 祁僮 祁哀 祁寒 祁寒暑雨 祁寒溽暑 祁寒盛暑

祁寒酷暑 祁寒隆署 祁山 祁巷 (Qíxiàng) 祁曼塔格 (Qímàntǎgé) 祁祁 郊祁 黎祁 師祁／师祁 昭餘祁／昭余祁 無支祁／无支祁 祁劇／祁剧 祁奚之舉／祁奚之举 祁奚之薦／祁奚之荐 祁奚之諸／祁奚之诸

祁奚舉午／祁奚举午 祁奚舉子／祁奚举子 祁奚薦仇／祁奚荐仇 祁奚請老／祁奚请老 祁家溝／祁家沟 (Qíjiāgōu) 祁寒極暑／祁寒极暑 祁東／祁东 (Qídōng) 祁祁學子／祁祁学子 祁紅／祁红 (qíhóng) 祁縣／祁县 (Qíxiàn) 祁連／祁连 (Qílián) 祁連山／祁连山 (Qílián Shān) 祁門／祁门 (Qímén) 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng) 續祁／续祁

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕˠiɪ^X/

Rime
Character	祁
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職雉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cjiX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kljilʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	祁
Reading #	2/2
No.	11601
Phonetic component	示
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	旨
Old Chinese	/*kljilʔ/
Notes	礻原作示

Definitions

祁

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Japanese

Kanji

祁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: おおいに (ōini, 祁いに); さかんに (sakanni, 祁んに); これ (kore)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

祁: Hán Việt readings: kì[1][2][3][4], kỳ[1][2][3][4]
祁: Nôm readings: kì[1], kỳ[1]

1. chữ Hán form of Kì (“a surname”).

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Trần (1999).
3. Nguyễn (1974).
4. Thiều Chửu (1942).