椅

椅 U+6905, 椅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6905 ← 椄 [U+6904] CJK Unified Ideographs 椆 → [U+6906]

Translingual

Han character

椅 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木大一口 (DKMR), four-corner 4492₁, composition ⿰木奇)

Derived characters

• 𣾐

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 535, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15009
• Dae Jaweon: page 923, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1228, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6905

Chinese

simp. and trad.		椅
2nd round simp.		𣎷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qral, *qralʔ): semantic 木 + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Etymology 1

From 倚 (MC 'jeX|'jeH, “to lean”) (Luo et al., 1986; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yí

  (Hailu, HRS): rhi^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): iē
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): i³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): í

  (Teochew, Peng'im): in²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: rhi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʒi²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /i³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ie³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: i³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: î
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: i³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
    • Tâi-lô: í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹/
    • IPA (Longyan): /i²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /i⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: in²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ĩ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵i
    • MiniDict: i^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jeX

Rime
Character	椅
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於綺切
Baxter	'jeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʔjeX/
Wang Li	/ǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	椅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.q(r)ajʔ/
English	chair
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	椅
Reading #	2/2
No.	10017
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	倚
Old Chinese	/*qralʔ/

Definitions

椅

1. chair (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 椅子 (“chair (with back)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		椅子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	椅子
	Taiwan	椅子
	Ulanhot	椅子
	Tongliao	椅子
	Chifeng	椅子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	椅子
	Harbin	椅子
	Shenyang	椅子
	Singapore	椅子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	椅子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	椅子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	椅子, 靠背椅子
	Wanrong	椅子
	Zhengzhou	椅子
	Xi'an	椅子
	Xining	椅子
	Xuzhou	椅子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	椅凳子, 椅凳兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	椅子
	Bayanhot	椅子
	Lanzhou	椅子
	Ürümqi	椅子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	椅子, 椅椅兒, 憑憑椅
	Wuhan	椅子, 靠背椅, 靠椅
	Guiyang	椅子, 板凳
	Kunming	椅子
	Liuzhou	椅子, 靠背椅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	靠背兒椅子, 椅子
	Yangzhou	椅子
	Hefei	椅子
	Huanggang	椅子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	椅, 挨屏椅
	Hong Kong	凳, 椅, 挨屏椅
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	凳, 椅
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	椅
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	交椅
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	椅
	Macau	椅
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	椅
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	椅
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	椅
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	椅
	Foshan	椅
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	椅
	Foshan (Shunde)	椅
	Foshan (Sanshui)	椅
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	椅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	椅
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	椅
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	椅
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	椅
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	椅
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	椅
	Taishan	椅
	Kaiping (Chikan)	椅
	Enping (Niujiang)	椅
	Heshan (Yayao)	椅
	Dongguan	凳, 鉸椅
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	凳
	Yangjiang	椅
	Beihai	椅
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	椅
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	交椅
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	椅
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	椅, 凳
	Singapore (Guangfu)	椅, 凳
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	椅
	Móng Cái	椅
Gan	Nanchang	交椅
	Lichuan	椅仔
	Pingxiang	椅子
Hakka	Meixian	椅仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	有屏椅
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鉸椅
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	凳
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	交椅
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	椅
	Wengyuan	憑椅
	Liannan	竹椅
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	交椅
	Jiexi	椅
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	交椅
	Changting	靠背椅
	Wuping (Yanqian)	憑凳子
	Ninghua	椅子
	Yudu	椅子
	Ningdu	椅子
	Shicheng	椅
	Shangyou (Shexi)	椅子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	椅子
	Dayu	椅哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	凳仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	凳仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	凳仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	凳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	凳仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	凳
	Hong Kong	鉸椅
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	椅
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	椅子
	Xinyi (Sihe)	椅
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	椅
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	交椅
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	椅
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	交椅
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	椅
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	椅子
	Senai (Huiyang)	凳
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	凳
	Singkawang	凳
Huizhou	Jixi	交椅
	Fuliang	椅兒
Jin	Taiyuan	椅子
	Pingyao	椅子
	Xinzhou	椅子
	Taibus (Baochang)	椅子
	Linhe	椅子
	Jining	椅子
	Hohhot	椅子
	Baotou	椅子
	Dongsheng	椅子
	Haibowan	椅子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	椅仔, 有屏椅
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	椅, 椅頭
	Fuzhou (Changle)	椅囝
	Fuqing	椅, 椅頭
	Yongtai	椅囝
	Gutian	椅頭
	Fu'an	凳
	Ningde	凳頭
	Shouning	凳頭
	Zhouning	椅, 長凳囝
	Fuding	交椅囝
	Matsu	椅, 椅頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	椅, 椅仔
	Quanzhou	椅, 椅仔, 交椅
	Zhangzhou	椅, 椅仔, 交椅
	Zhao'an	椅仔
	Tainan	椅仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	椅, 交椅, kerusi
	Singapore (Hokkien)	交椅
	Manila (Hokkien)	椅
	Medan (Hokkien)	交椅
	Chaozhou	椅
	Shantou	椅
	Jieyang	椅
	Bangkok (Teochew)	椅
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	椅
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	椅
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	椅
	Singapore (Teochew)	交椅
	Pontianak (Teochew)	椅
	Leizhou	椅
	Wenchang	椅囝
	Haikou	椅囝, 椅
	Singapore (Hainanese)	椅
Puxian Min	Putian	椅, 厚椅, 仙椅
	Xianyou	交椅
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	交椅
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	椅, 交椅
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	椅子, 靠背椅
Shehua	Fu'an	椅
	Fuding	椅
	Luoyuan	椅
	Sanming	椅
	Shunchang	椅
	Hua'an	椅仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	椅
	Cangnan	椅
	Jingning (Hexi)	交椅
	Lishui	家椅
	Longyou	家椅
	Chaozhou	凳
	Fengshun	椅
Wu	Shanghai	椅子, 矮凳
	Shanghai (Chongming)	椅子
	Suzhou	交椅, 靠背, 椅子, 靠背矮凳
	Wuxi	靠背椅
	Danyang	椅子, 靠背椅子, 靠背椅
	Hangzhou	椅子, 靠背椅, 靠背椅子
	Ningbo	椅子, 矮凳
	Wenzhou	矮椅
	Jinhua	交椅, 椅子, 靠背椅
Xiang	Changsha	椅子, 靠背椅子, 靠椅
	Shuangfeng	椅子

Compounds

• 交椅 (jiāoyǐ)
• 坐交椅
• 坐紅椅子 / 坐红椅子
• 太師交椅 / 太师交椅
• 太師椅 / 太师椅 (tàishīyǐ)
• 安樂椅 / 安乐椅 (ānlèyǐ)
• 帆布椅
• 座椅 (zuòyǐ)
• 折椅 (zhéyǐ)
• 按摩椅 (ànmóyǐ)
• 搖椅 / 摇椅 (yáoyǐ)
• 東坡椅兒 / 东坡椅儿
• 桌椅板凳 (zhuōyǐbǎndèng)
• 椅墊 / 椅垫 (yǐdiàn)
• 椅子 (yǐzi)
• 椅披
• 椅柅
• 涼椅 / 凉椅
• 禪椅 / 禅椅
• 紅椅子 / 红椅子
• 藤椅 (téngyǐ)
• 躺椅 (tǎngyǐ)
• 輪椅 / 轮椅 (lúnyǐ)
• 轉椅 / 转椅
• 電椅 / 电椅 (diànyǐ)
• 馬椅 / 马椅 (bé-í)
• 鵝項椅 / 鹅项椅

Descendants

• → Zhuang: eij

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī, yǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ, ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): í

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í
    • Tâi-lô: í
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'je

Rime
Character	椅
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於離切
Baxter	'je
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ʔje/
Wang Li	/ǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	椅
Reading #	1/2
No.	10011
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	漪
Old Chinese	/*qral/

Definitions

椅

1. Idesia polycarpa, a kind of tree

   Synonym: 山桐子 (shāntóngzi)

Compounds

• 椅木 (yīmù)
• 椅桐 (yītóng)

References

• “椅”, 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–
• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “椅”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 59.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “椅”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 160.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 椅

椅

(Jōyō kanji)

1. chair

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: い (i, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
椅
い Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 椅 (MC 'jeX).

Affix

椅(い) • (i) 

1. only used in 椅子 (isu, ishi, “chair”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 椅 (MC 'jeX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅴᆼ〯 (Yale: qǔy?) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	교〮의 의〯	Recorded as Middle Korean 의〯 (ǔy) (Yale: ǔy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [의]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

椅

椅 (eumhun 의자(椅子) 의)

1. hanja form^? of 의 (“chair”)

Compounds

• 교의 (交椅, gyoui)
• 의자 (椅子, uija)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

椅: Hán Nôm readings: ghế, ỷ, kỉ, y

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