栔

栔 U+6814, 栔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6814 ← 栓 [U+6813] CJK Unified Ideographs 栕 → [U+6815]

Translingual

Han character

栔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手竹木 (QHD), four-corner 5790₄, composition ⿱㓞木)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 522, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14691
• Dae Jaweon: page 910, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1199, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6814

Chinese

trad.		栔
simp. #		栔

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 栔
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰeːds) : phonetic 㓞 () + semantic 木. However, the phonetic components represents some incisions made with a knife.

Perhaps a variant of 契 or viceversa, given that the two characters were used interchangeably in ancient text.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³

---

• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kai³
    • Yale: kai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³/

---

• Middle Chinese: khejH, khet

Rime
Character	栔	栔
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	苦計切	苦結切
Baxter	khejH	khet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰeiH/	/kʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰeiH/	/kʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛiH/	/kʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjH/	/kʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰeiH/	/kʰet̚/
Wang Li	/kʰieiH/	/kʰiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰieiH/	/kʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì	qie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai3	hit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	栔
Reading #	1/1
No.	6494
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	契
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːds/

Definitions

栔

1. ^† to carve, to engrave

Japanese

Kanji

栔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)、けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: きざむ (kizamu, 栔む)

Vietnamese

Han character

栔: Hán Nôm readings: khé, khẻ, khẽ, khế, khít

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation