綺

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)

1. fine, thin silk
2. elegant, beautiful

References

• KangXi: 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

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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, OC *kʰralʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²

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• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiᴇ^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰjeX/
Wang Li	/kʰǐeX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei2

• 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	‹ khjeX ›
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	綺
Old Chinese	/*kʰralʔ/

Definitions

綺

1. woven silk
2. 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 綠綺／绿绮 (Lǜqǐ) 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 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 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

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Japanese

Kanji

綺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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

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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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