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U+51E0, 几
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E0

[U+51DF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+51E1]
U+2F0F, ⼏
KANGXI RADICAL TABLE

[U+2F0E]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F10]

Translingual

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Stroke order
2 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 16, +0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 77210, composition 丿)

  1. Kangxi radical #16, .
  2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493

Usage notes

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This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
  • Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+51E0

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – stool (viewed from the side). The original version was 𠀃, in which the horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor and/or the ground.

See also the bottom component of , , and , in which is the stylization of the legs of a table.

Unrelated to , in which the top component is a stylization of , representing stagnant water.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠀃

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (foot, leg; stool). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (15)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kjɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiX/
Li
Rong
/kiX/
Wang
Li
/kiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gei2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ kijX ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kr[ə]jʔ/
English stool

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5760
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krilʔ/

Definitions

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  1. stool; chair
  2. long narrow table; bench
  3. small table
      ―  chá  ―  tea table
Descendants
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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (ki)
  • Korean: 궤(几) (gwe)
  • Vietnamese: kỉ ()

Others:

  • Vietnamese: ghế (chair)

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Etymology 5

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𠘧 (“Refers to the wings of a bird in flight.; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 𠘧).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. table, table enclosure
  2. table or wind radical

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ki)
  • Kan-on: (ki)
  • Kun: つくえ (tsukue, )
  • Nanori: おしまずき (oshimazuki)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 안석 (anseok gwe))

  1. back rest
  2. desk

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: kỉ

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