薊

薊

See also: 蓟

薊 U+858A, 薊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858A ← 薉 [U+8589] CJK Unified Ideographs 薋 → [U+858B]

Translingual

Han character

薊 (radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火弓 (TNFN), four-corner 4432₀, composition ⿱艹魝)

1. Cirsium or Carduus (generic), thistles
2. A surname​.

References

• KangXi: page 1060, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32095
• Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3304, character 11
• Unihan data for U+858A

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Chinese

trad.		薊
simp.		蓟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³
    • Yale: gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kei^H/▼

Rime
Character	薊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古詣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keiH/
Pan Wuyun	/keiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjH/
Li Rong	/keiH/
Wang Li	/kieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薊
Reading #	1/1
No.	5855
Phonetic component	薊
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	計
Old Chinese	/*keːds/

Definitions

薊

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Compounds

小薊／小蓟 (xiǎojì) 朝鮮薊／朝鲜蓟 (cháoxiǎnjì)

薊訓歷家／蓟训历家 薊門／蓟门

薊馬／蓟马 藿香薊／藿香蓟

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Japanese

Kanji

薊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Cirsum; thistle.

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: あざみ (azami, 薊)

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Korean

Hanja

薊 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薊 (kế)

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