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祈

祈

Translingual

Han character

祈 (radical 113 示+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹一中 (IFHML), four-corner 32221, composition ⿰礻斤)

  1. pray
  2. entreat, beseech

References

  • KangXi: page 840, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24640
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2388, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7948

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 祈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘄 *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn
祈 *ɡɯl
頎 *ɡɯl
旂 *ɡɯl
圻 *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn
蚚 *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls
岓 *ɡɯl
玂 *ɡɯl
沂 *ŋɡɯl
掀 *qʰan
釿 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn
齗 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn
听 *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ
垽 *ŋrɯns, *qɯns
斤 *kɯn, *kɯns
菦 *kɯnʔ
靳 *kɯns
劤 *kɯns
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
赾 *kʰɯnʔ
芹 *ɡɯn
近 *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns
斦 *ŋɡɯn
欣 *qʰɯn
忻 *qʰɯn
昕 *qʰɯn
訢 *qʰɯn
炘 *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns
邤 *qʰɯn
庍 *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
焮 *qʰɯns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 祈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 微 (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠希切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡɨi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gɨj/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiəi/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ge̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 祈
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjɨj ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.[ɢ]ər/
English pray

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 祈
Reading # 1/1
No. 6635
Phonetic
component		 斤
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 祈
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡɯl/

Definitions

祈

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Japanese

Kanji

祈

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. prayer
  2. to wish

Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

祈 (kì)

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