基

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基 U+57FA, 基
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57FA
← 培
[U+57F9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 埻 →
[U+57FB]

Translingual

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Stroke order
11 strokes

Han character

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基 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱其土)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 231, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5197
  • Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 449, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+57FA

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 基
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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／形声, OC *kɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 基
alternative forms
𡉊
𡉨
𡉝
𡋵
踑
𡉊
𡉨
𡉝
𡋵
踑
𨄎
 

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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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
Baxter ki
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei1
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;
* 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 基
Reading # 1/1
No. 9930
Phonetic
component 		其
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		姬
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯ/

Definitions

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基

  1. † foot of a wall; foundation
  2. base of any building; foundations; basis
  3. (figurative) basis; foundation; base
  4. † to lay a foundation
  5. cardinal; basic; capital; fundamental
  6. (chemistry) radical; group
  7. (linear algebra) basis (Classifier: 組／组 m; 個／个 m)
  8. † Alternative form of 朞 (“whole year, month or day”)
  9. Short for 基隆 (Jīlóng, “Keelung”).
    北北基  ―  Běi Běi Jī  ―  Taipei, New Taipei and Keelung
  10. a surname

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 基
alternative forms 㚻
gay

Borrowed from English gay, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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基

  1. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual (noun)
    搞基  ―  gǎojī  ―  to be gay; to engage in homosexual activities
    基吧 [Cantonese]  ―  gei1 baa1 [Jyutping]  ―  gay bar
  2. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual (adjective)
    基友  ―  jīyǒu  ―  gay buddy

Synonyms

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  • (Hong Kong Cantonese) hehe
  • (feminine connotation) 姬 (jī)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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基

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. base
  2. be based on

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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基(もとい) • (Motoi) 

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Kanji in this term
基
もと
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

基(もと) • (moto) 

  1. Alternative form of 元
  2. (chemistry) a group; a radical

Etymology 3

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Affix

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基(き) • (ki) 

  1. foundation; base; basis
  2. (chemistry) a group; a radical
    アミノ基 ― aminoki ― an amino group

Counter

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基(き) • (-ki) 

  1. counter for grounded things (e.g. pyramids, electric power plants, wells, toro (Japanese traditional lantern), tombs)
  2. counter for wooden grave tablets (卒塔婆 (sotoba))

Korean

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Hanja

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基 (eumhun 터 기 (teo gi))

  1. hanja form? of 기 (“foundation; basis”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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基: Hán Nôm readings: cơ

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