忯

忯 U+5FEF, 忯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FEF ← 忮 [U+5FEE] CJK Unified Ideographs 忰 → [U+5FF0]

Translingual

Han character

忯 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 心竹女心 (PHVP), four-corner 9204₀, composition ⿰忄氏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 378, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10377
• Dae Jaweon: page 706, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2277, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5FEF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		忯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
氏	*skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ
衹	*kje, *ɡe
紙	*kjeʔ
帋	*kjeʔ
扺	*kjeʔ
坁	*kjeʔ
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil
忯	*ɡje, *ɡe
眂	*ɡje, *ɡils
舐	*ɦljeʔ
芪	*ɡe
祇	*ɡe
疧	*ɡe
軝	*ɡe
蚔	*ɡe

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, dzye

Rime
Character	忯	忯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨支切	是支切
Baxter	gjie	dzye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/	/d͡ʑiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/	/d͡ʑiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/	/d͡ʑjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/	/d͡ʑiə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡie/	/ʑie/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/ʑǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/ʑie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	si4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡje/, /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	忯	忯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11521	11529
Phonetic component	氏	氏
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	提	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡje/	/*ɡe/

Definitions

忯

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 忯 – see 恀. (This character is a variant form of 恀).

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 106

Japanese

Kanji

忯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. be fond of, love
2. be respectful of

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: き (ki); し (shi)
• Kun: つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 忯む)