几
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Han character
几 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 77210, composition ⿰丿㇈)
- Kangxi radical #16, ⼏.
- Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493
Usage notes
This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/几
- 仉, 叽, 𡚫, 㞦, 𢁒, 𢎪, 𢖯, 𢩫, 㲹, 𤜝, 𨸔, 机, 𭭙, 𣦽, 𣬠, 玑, 肌, 矶, 𥘌, 𬓠, 竌, 䘛, 籶, 𥾊, 𰭗, 𫇔, 虮, 𮗸, 𧺋, 𧾾, 䡄, 𨱙, 釠(𰽕), 𮓟, 𩉜, 飢(饥), 𩨒, 𮬥, 𪊋, 𣽳, 𧇔, 𧶹, 𪗗
- 亢, 𡯂, 冗, 𭅠, 宂, 𫵳, 𭙍, 芁, 𣱻, 𠫞, 𤴪, 𥃯, 秃, 𥤤, 𥩕, 𦒲, 虎, 𧘊, 𧟣, 咒, 壳, 𢆻, 亮, 𩁸, 𣑽, 𧦕, 髠, 焭, 𪎑, 麂, 𨳋, 𭍚
- 䢳, 𧆡, 𩑏, 𬺲, 𧦔, 斻, 𣃲
- 讥, 机 (Simplified from 譏, 機 in traditional Chinese)
- See also 𠘧#Derived characters
- See also 𠘨#Derived characters
Related characters
- 幾 (Traditional form of 几)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
- Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
- Unihan data for U+51E0
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Glyph origin
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| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) – a small stool viewed from the side. The original version was 𠀃, in which the horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor and/or the ground.
See also the bottom component of 其, 真, and 典, in which 八 is the stylization of the legs of a table.
Unrelated to 鉛, in which the top component is a stylization of 八, representing stagnant water. Also unrelated to 朵, 凡, and 殳.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, leg; stool”). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gei1 / gei2
- Eastern Min (BUC): gī
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kí
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ci
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ji
- Wade–Giles: chi1
- Yale: jī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
- Palladius: цзи (czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
- Wade–Giles: chi3
- Yale: jǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
- Palladius: цзи (czi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gei1 / gei2
- Yale: gēi / géi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 / gei2
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 / géi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵/, /kei̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gī
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki⁵³³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: kjijX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.kr[ə]jʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*krilʔ/
Definitions
几
- † stool; chair
- 謀於長者，必操几杖以從之。長者問，不辭讓而對，非禮也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Móu yú zhǎngzhě, bì cāo jī zhàng yǐ cóng zhī. Zhǎngzhě wèn, bù círàng ér duì, fēilǐ yě. [Pinyin]
- In going to take counsel with an elder, one must carry a stool and a staff with him (for the elder's use). When the elder asks a question, to reply without acknowledging one's incompetency and (trying to) decline answering, is contrary to propriety.
谋于长者，必操几杖以从之。长者问，不辞让而对，非礼也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- long narrow table; bench
- small table
- 茶几 ― chájī ― tea table
Descendants
Others:
- → Vietnamese: ghế (“chair”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 幾 (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 幾). |
Notes:
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Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 人). |
Etymology 4
| For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 明 (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 明). |
Etymology 5
| For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 𠘧 (“Refers to the wings of a bird in flight.; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𠘧). |
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Kanji
几
- table, table enclosure
- table or wind radical
Readings
Compounds
Hanja
References
Han character
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