嵇

嵇 U+5D47, 嵇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D47 ← 嵆 [U+5D46] CJK Unified Ideographs 嵈 → [U+5D48]

Translingual

Han character

嵇 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木戈山山 (HDIUU), four-corner 2397₁, composition ⿰禾⿱尤山)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 316, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8273
• Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2606, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5D47

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嵇
2nd round simp.		𬓠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ / hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kai¹ / hai⁴
    • Yale: kāi / hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ / hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹ / hei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /hɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hej

Rime
Character	嵇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切
Baxter	hej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣei/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嵇
Reading #	1/1
No.	5636
Phonetic component	稽
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	奚
Old Chinese	/*ɡiː/
Notes	稽省聲

Definitions

嵇

1. a surname, the 194th in the Baijiaxing

   嵇康  ―  Jī Kāng  ―  Ji Kang

   嵇紹／嵇绍  ―  Jī Shào  ―  Ji Shao

2. Ji(shan) or Mount Ji, a mountain in Henan province

Compounds

• 嵇中散
• 羊體嵇心 / 羊体嵇心

Descendants

• → English: Ji

References

• “嵇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

嵇

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げい (gei)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)