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祁

祁

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. pray
  2. numerous, ample, abundant
  3. a Chinese surname

References

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

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 祁 祁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III Chongniu III
Fanqie 渠脂切 職雉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiɪ/ /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡi/ /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡjɪ/ /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gi/ /cjiX/
Li
Rong		 /ɡi/ /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li		 /ɡi/ /t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi/ /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí zhǐ
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 祁
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11599 11601
Phonetic
component		 示 示
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 鬐 旨
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡril/ /*kljilʔ/
Notes 礻原作示

Definitions

祁

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Compounds

  • 宋祁
  • 王原祁
  • 盛暑祁寒
  • 祁劇／祁剧
  • 祁奚之舉／祁奚之举
  • 祁奚舉午／祁奚举午
  • 祁奚薦仇／祁奚荐仇
  • 祁寒
  • 祁寒暑雨
  • 祁寒溽暑
  • 祁山
  • 祁祁
  • 祁紅／祁红
  • 祁連山／祁连山
  • 祁陽縣／祁阳县

Japanese

Kanji

祁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

  • On: き (ki), ぎ (gi)
  • Kun: おおいに (ooini), さかんに (sakanni), これ (kore)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

祁 (kì)

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