綺

See also: 绮

綺 U+7DBA, 綺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DBA ← 綹 [U+7DB9] CJK Unified Ideographs 綻 → [U+7DBB]

Translingual

Han character

綺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火大一口 (VFKMR), four-corner 2492₁, composition ⿰糹奇)

1. fine, thin silk
2. elegant, beautiful

Derived characters

• 𤀽, 𦿟, 𦌰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27586
• Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3411, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7DBA

Chinese

trad.		綺
simp.		绮

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 *kʰralʔ): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khí

  (Hailu, HRS): ki^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): kiē
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³
    • Yale: chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kiē
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰie³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
    • Tâi-lô: khí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khjeX

Rime
Character	綺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	墟彼切
Baxter	khjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/kʰjeX/
Wang Li	/kʰǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰralʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ khjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/
English	patterned silk
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	綺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9992
Phonetic component	奇
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	綺
Old Chinese	/*kʰralʔ/

Definitions

綺

1. woven silk
2. beautiful, gorgeous

Compounds

• 插金披綺 / 插金披绮
• 泰綺絲 / 泰绮丝
• 清綺 / 清绮
• 煥綺 / 焕绮
• 珠翠羅綺 / 珠翠罗绮
• 紈綺 / 纨绮
• 紈綺年 / 纨绮年
• 綺井 / 绮井
• 綺媚 / 绮媚
• 綺室 / 绮室 (qǐshì)
• 綺年 / 绮年
• 綺年玉貌 / 绮年玉貌
• 綺思 / 绮思 (qǐsī)
• 綺情 / 绮情
• 綺疏 / 绮疏
• 綺窗 / 绮窗
• 綺紈之歲 / 绮纨之岁
• 綠綺 / 绿绮 (Lǜqǐ)
• 綺縞 / 绮缟
• 綺繡 / 绮绣
• 綺羅 / 绮罗 (qǐluó)
• 綺羅粉黛 / 绮罗粉黛
• 綺羅香 / 绮罗香
• 綺襦紈褲 / 绮襦纨裤
• 綺語 / 绮语 (qǐyǔ)
• 綺錢 / 绮钱
• 綺陌 / 绮陌
• 綺靡 / 绮靡
• 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
• 羅綺 / 罗绮
• 膏粱紈綺 / 膏粱纨绮
• 餘霞成綺 / 余霞成绮

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 綺

綺

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: あや (aya, 綺)

Compounds

• 綺麗(きれい) (kirei): beauty

References

• “^▲綺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

綺 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綺: Hán Nôm readings: khỉ, ỷ, khởi

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