伎

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

伎 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人十水 (OJE), four-corner 2424₇, composition ⿰亻支)

Derived characters

𩛑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 95, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 436
Dae Jaweon: page 202, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 119, character 2
Unihan data for U+4F0E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		伎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 伎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Small seal script s05844 Transcribed ancient scripts L30042
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	kje, ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	kje, qʰjes, kes, ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	kjes, ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	qʰjes, ɡe
妓	kre, ɡreʔ
庋	kreʔ, kʷreʔ
跂	kʰeʔ, kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	kʰes, ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	ɡre, ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	kʷreʔ, kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jì
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴
  - Yale: jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei⁶
  - Yale: geih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²²/

Middle Chinese: gjeX

Rime
Character	伎
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠綺切
Baxter	gjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡje^X/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]reʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡreʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ gje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]reʔ/
English	skill
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	伎
Reading #	3/3
No.	17231
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	技
Old Chinese	/*ɡreʔ/

Definitions

伎

(literary) Alternative form of 技 (jì, “skill”)
伎倆／伎俩 ― jìliǎng ― underhanded trick; dishonest tactic
(historical) performer, especially female entertainers whose profession involved singing and dancing, in ancient China
^† companion

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí (qi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²
  - Yale: chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kei⁴
  - Yale: kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: gjie

Rime
Character	伎
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨支切
Baxter	gjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡie/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伎
Reading #	2/3
No.	17227
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

伎

Only used in 伎伎.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tsyeH

Rime
Character	伎
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	支義切
Baxter	tsyeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kjes/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伎
Reading #	1/3
No.	17208
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	寘
Old Chinese	/*kjes/

Definitions

伎

^† Alternative form of 忮 (zhì)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
  - Yale: chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

Definitions

伎

^† Alternative form of 𢺵

Japanese

Kanji

伎

(Jōyō kanji)

deed
skill

Readings

Go-on: ぎ (gi)
Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
Kun: わざ (waza, 伎)

Compounds

歌舞伎(かぶき) (kabuki): kabuki

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

伎: Hán Nôm readings: kĩ

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