奇

See also: 竒
奇 U+5947, 奇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5947
← 奆
[U+5946]
CJK Unified Ideographs 奈 →
[U+5948]

Translingual

Han character

奇 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大一弓口 (KMNR), four-corner 40621, composition ⿱大可)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5892
  • Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 533, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5947

Chinese

simp. and trad.
奇
alternative forms 竒
⿱七可

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kral, *ɡral) : semantic 大 (“big; great”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1


Note: literary.
Note: literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 奇
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕʰji²⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰi¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Wu Shanghai /d͡ʑi²³/
Suzhou /d͡ʑi¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑi²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ 稀~
/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/ ~怪
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕi¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡ʑi¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /kʰi¹¹/
Taoyuan /kʰi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰei²¹/
Nanning /kʰi²¹/
Hong Kong /kʰei²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ki³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ki⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ki²¹/
/kyɛ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰi⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xi³¹/

Rime
Character 奇
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠羈切
Baxter gje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gjiə̆/
Li
Rong
/ɡje/
Wang
Li
/ɡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奇
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qí
Middle
Chinese
‹ gje ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-k(r)aj/
English strange

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 奇
Reading # 2/2
No. 9997
Phonetic
component
奇
Rime
group
歌
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
竒
Old
Chinese
/*ɡral/

Definitions

奇

  1. strange; odd; weird; unusual
    奇怪  ―  qíguài  ―  strange
    奇特  ―  qítè  ―  peculiar
  2. wonderful; fantastic; remarkable
    奇跡/奇迹  ―  qíjì (M); qíjī (T)  ―  miracle
    奇妙  ―  qímiào  ―  fantastic

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • kiă - vernacular;
  • kiĕ/ngiă - literary.

Rime
Character 奇
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居宜切
Baxter kje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjiə̆/
Li
Rong
/kje/
Wang
Li
/kǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 奇
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jī
Middle
Chinese
‹ kje ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k](r)aj/
English odd (number)

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 奇
Reading # 1/2
No. 9973
Phonetic
component
奇
Rime
group
歌
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
羈
Old
Chinese
/*kral/
Notes 說文從大可,戴侗從立可聲,
古踦字

Definitions

奇

  1. † unsmooth; disadvantageous
  2. † surplus
  3. (mathematics) odd
    奇數/奇数  ―  jīshù  ―  odd number
  4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) Classifier for a single one of a pair or a large collection.
    蜀奇箸 [Eastern Min]  ―  siŏh-kiă dê̤ṳ / [suoʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ (kʰ-)ia⁵⁵ tøy²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  a single chopstick
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

奇

  1. † Alternative form of 矮 (ǎi, “short”)

Pronunciation 4


Definitions

奇

  1. † Alternative form of 倚 (yǐ, “to lean on”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

奇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. strange

Readings

Compounds

See also

Etymology

Kanji in this term
奇
き
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

奇(き) • (ki) ←き (ki)?-na (adnominal 奇(き)な (ki na), adverbial 奇(き)に (ki ni))

  1. strange

Inflection

Noun

奇(き) • (ki) ←き (ki)?

  1. strangeness

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

奇 (eumhun 기이할 기 (giihal gi))

  1. Hanja form? of 기 (“strange, unusual, uncanny, occult”).

Hanja

奇 (eumhun 의지할 의 (uijihal ui))

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Vietnamese

Han character

奇: Hán Nôm readings: kỳ, cả, cơ, kì

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