岐

See also: 歧

岐 U+5C90, 岐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C90 ← 岏 [U+5C8F] CJK Unified Ideographs 岑 → [U+5C91]

Translingual

Han character

岐 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山十水 (UJE), four-corner 2474₇, composition ⿰山支)

Derived characters

• 𮩣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7936
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 762, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5C90

Chinese

trad.		岐
simp. #		岐

Glyph origin

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

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 *ɡe) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: gjie

Rime
Character	岐
Reading #	1/1
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岐
Reading #	1/1
No.	17220
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

岐

1. Used in 岐山 (Qíshān).
2. Alternative form of 歧 (qí)
3. Used in compounds.
4. a surname

Compounds

• 千岐萬轍／千岐万辙
• 卓岐 (Zhuóqí)
• 岐伯 (Qíbó)
• 岐周
• 岐婆
• 岐山 (Qíshān)
• 岐岐
• 岐嶷
• 岐路 (qílù)
• 岐頭／岐头 (Qítóu)
• 岐黃／岐黄 (Qíhuáng)
• 石岐 (Shíqí)
• 走岐路
• 路岐
• 路岐人
• 黃岐／黄岐 (Huángqí)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 岐 – see 歧 (“forked road; fork; divide; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 歧).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

岐

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. branch off
2. fork in road

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: えだみち (edamichi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
岐
ちまた Grade: 4
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 岐 – see the following entry.

【ちまた】 [noun] fork in the road [noun] alley [noun] (figuratively) the "town" (in metaphors for popularity, as in English talk of the town and Chinese 街談巷議／街谈巷议) Alternative spellings 巷, 衢

(This term, 岐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

岐 (eum 기 (gi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

岐: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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