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基
基
Translingual
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Han character
基 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱其土)
References
- KangXi: page 231, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5197
- Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 449, character 7
- Unihan data for U+57FA
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
基 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
- Wade-Giles: chih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gei1
- Yale: gēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1
- IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
- Hakka Romanization System: gi´
- Hagfa Pinyim: gi1
- IPA: /ki²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
- Tâi-lô: ki
- Phofsit Daibuun: ky
- IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 基 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居之切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨ/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiə/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jī |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 基 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ki › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k(r)ə/ |
| English | base (n.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 基 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9930 |
| Phonetic component |
其 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
姬 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kɯ/ |
Etymology 1
Definitions
基
Compounds
Etymology 2
Originally imported from English into Cantonese, then from Cantonese to Mandarin.
Definitions
基
- (slang) gay
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
基
- base
- be based on
Readings
- Goon: こ (ko)
- Kan’on: き (ki)
- Kun: もとい (motoi), もと (moto), もとづく (motodzuku)
- Nanori: のり (nori), はじむ (hajimu), はじめ (hajime), もと (moto), もとい (motoi)
Compounds
References
Proper noun
基 (hiragana もとい, romaji Motoi)
- A male given name
- A surname.
Noun
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 基 |
|
もと Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
- Alternative form of 元
Korean
Hanja
基 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)
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Vietnamese
Han character
基 (cơ)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 基
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 基 | *kɯ |
| 箕 | *kɯ |
| 朞 | *kɯ |
| 稘 | *kɯ |
| 萁 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 期 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諅 | *kɯ, *ɡɯs |
| 其 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 錤 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諆 | *kɯ, *kʰɯ |
| 欺 | *kʰɯ |
| 娸 | *kʰɯ |
| 魌 | *kʰɯ |
| 僛 | *kʰɯ |
| 唭 | *kʰɯs |
| 棋 | *ɡɯ |
| 旗 | *ɡɯ |
| 淇 | *ɡɯ |
| 祺 | *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 琪 | *ɡɯ |
| 騏 | *ɡɯ |
| 綦 | *ɡɯ |
| 麒 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜞 | *ɡɯ |
| 綨 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜝 | *ɡɯ |
| 棊 | *ɡɯ |
| 碁 | *ɡɯ |
| 鯕 | *ɡɯ |
| 踑 | *ɡɯ |
| 藄 | *ɡɯ |
| 櫀 | *ɡɯ |
| 璂 | *ɡɯ |
| 禥 | *ɡɯ |
| 惎 | *ɡɯs |
| 帺 | *ɡɯs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.