芪

芪 U+82AA, 芪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82AA ← 芩 [U+82A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 芫 → [U+82AB]

Translingual

Han character

芪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹女心 (THVP) or 廿竹山心 (THUP), composition ⿱艹氏)

Derived characters

• 𪂛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30725
• Dae Jaweon: page 1477, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3183, character 6
• Unihan data for U+82AA

Chinese

trad.		芪
simp. #		芪

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: gjie

Rime
Character	芪
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芪
Reading #	1/1
No.	11525
Phonetic component	氏
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

芪

1. milkvetch plant (Astragalus spp.)
2. Only used in 芪母／黃芪 and 北芪 (běiqí).

Pronunciation 2

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

Japanese

Kanji

芪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: はなすげ (hanasuge, 芪)

As variant kanji for 荎:

• Go-on: じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
• Kan-on: ち (chi)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

芪: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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