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其 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 12, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一金 (TMMC), four-corner 44801, composition𠄠)

Derived characters

其 - Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. ⿱卄人
alternative forms 𢍌 𠀠 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Old Chinese
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯs
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *ɡɯ
*kɯ, *kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯ
*kʰɯs
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯ
*ɡɯs
*ɡɯs

In the oracle bone script, it was originally 𠀠, a pictogram (象形) of a basket.

In the bronze inscriptions, was added under the basket to represent a stand. It may also have acted as a phonetic component.

Later borrowed for an Old Chinese pronoun. The derivative (OC *kɯ) refers to the original word.

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (qi2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): kei4
  • Gan (Wiktionary): qi2
  • Hakka
    • (Sixian, PFS): khì
    • (Meixian, Guangdong): ki2
  • Jin (Wiktionary): qi1
  • Min Bei (KCR): gǐ / kǐ
  • Min Dong (BUC):
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ):
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ki5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 3jji
  • Xiang (Wiktionary): ji2
  • Middle Chinese: /ɡɨ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɡə/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/

Definitions

  1. his; her; its; their
  2. he; she; it; they; one
    • 所好   tóusuǒhào   to adapt to somebody's taste (lit. to cater to that which one likes)
  3. that; those
  4. (literary) among which; therein
  5. (literary) probably; perhaps
  6. (obsolete) particle indicating intention; let, shall, will
  7. (literary) adverb indicating a rhetorical question
  8. (literary) adverb indicating imperative
  9. (obsolete) if
  10. (obsolete) conjunction indicating a question with choices; or
  11. (Min Dong or obsolete) possessive particle.
  12. a surname
Synonyms
Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese 1, , , , , , object,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing , honorific
Taiwan
Tianjin
Chengde
Tangshan
Cangzhou
Ulanhot
Tongliao
Chifeng
Bayanhot
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
Heihe
Qiqihar
Harbin
Jiamusi
Baicheng
Changchun
Tonghua
Shenyang
Dandong
Jinzhou
Dalian
Yantai
Yantai (Muping)
Qingdao
Lijin
Weifang (Weicheng)
Weifang (Fangzi)
Weifang (Hanting)
Changyi
Gaomi
Zhucheng
Anqiu
Changle
Linqu
Qingzhou
Shouguang
Wulian
Jinan
Luoyang
Wanrong ,
Shangqiu
Yuanyang
Zhengzhou
Lingbao
Xinyang
Baihe
Hanzhong
Xi'an
Dingbian
Baoji
Yinchuan
Tianshui
Lanzhou ,
Dunhuang
Xining ,
Hami
Ürümqi
Wuhan , 他家
Yichang
Xiangyang
Tianmen
Hong'an
Chengdu
Nanchong
Dazhou
Hanyuan
Xichang
Zigong
Chongqing
Guiyang
Zunyi
Bijie
Liping
Zhaotong
Dali
Kunming
Mengzi
Guilin
Liuzhou
Nanning (Xiakuojie)
Nanning (Fujian)
Nanning (Wuming)
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
Binyang (Nanjie)
Qinzhou (Longmengang)
Jishou
Changde
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
Anqing
Xuzhou
Pizhou
Ganyu
Fuyang
Wuhu
Yangzhou
Baoying
Lianyungang
Donghai
Huai'an (Huaiyin)
Lianshui
Xuyi
Xinghua
Nanjing
Hefei
Nantong
Rugao
Yancheng
Funing
Sihong
Taizhou
Zhenjiang
Changle (Qinjiang)
Yanping
Malaysia
Singapore
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
Macau
Guangzhou (Panyu)
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
Guangzhou (Conghua)
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
Foshan
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
Foshan (Shunde)
Foshan (Sanshui)
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
Zhuhai (Doumen)
Jiangmen (Baisha)
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
Taishan
Taishan (Guanghai)
Kaiping (Chikan)
Enping (Niujiang)
Heshan (Yayao)
Dongguan
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
Qingyuan
Fogang
Yingde (Hanguang)
Yangshan
Lianshan (Butian)
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
Shaoguan
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Renhua
Lechang
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
Sihui
Guangning
Deqing
Huaiji
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
Yunfu
Xinxing
Luoding
Yunan (Pingtai)
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Nanning
Wuzhou
Yulin
Hepu (Lianzhou)
Baise
Qinzhou
Beihai
Beihai (Nankang)
Beihai (Yingpan)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Danzhou
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Penang (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Yangon (Taishan)
Mandalay (Taishan)
Gan Nanchang
Nanchang (Wangcheng)
Anyi 渠仂
Lushan
Pengze
Duchang , 渠儂
Wuning (Quankou)
Poyang
Yugan , 渠郎
Wannian
Hengfeng , 渠仂
Yanshan , 渠仂
Leping
Yichun
Yifeng
Gao'an
Fengxin
Shanggao
Wanzai
Fengcheng
Xinyu
Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 渠仂
Nancheng
Nanfeng 渠仂,
Yihuang
Lichuan
Chongren
Pingxiang
Lianhua
Ji'an
Yongfeng
Taihe
Xiajiang
Yongxin
Yingtan (Yujiang)
Guixi , 渠仂
Jianning 使
Jinxian
Jinxi
Le'an
Guangchang
Anfu
Suichuan
Wan'an
Jing'an
Zhangshu
Xingan
Fenyi
Hakka Meixian
Xingning
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
Huidong (Daling)
Dongguan (Qingxi)
Boluo (Bendihua)
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
Wuhua (Huacheng)
Wuhua (Meilin)
Heyuan (Bendihua)
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
Liannan
Conghua (Lütian)
Jiexi
Changting
Shanghang
Yongding
Wuping
Wuping (Pingyu)
Liancheng
Ninghua
Qingliu
Yudu
Ruijin
Shicheng
Shangyou (Shexi)
Dingnan
Longnan
Xunwu
Huichang
Nankang
Chongyi
Xingguo
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Hong Kong
Luchuan
Bobai (Shahe)
Bobai (Longtan)
Bobai (Lingping)
Bobai (Lingjiao)
Sabah (Longchuan)
Senai (Huiyang)
Kuching (Hepo)
Singkawang
Bangkok (Meixian)
Huizhou Jixi , 渠仂
Dexing
Chun'an (Qiandaohu)
Jiande (Meicheng)
Jiande (Shouchang) , 渠儂
Jin Taiyuan
Yangyuan
Datong
Xinzhou
Lishi
Linfen
Changzhi
Taibus (Baochang)
Linhe
Jining
Hohhot
Baotou
Dongsheng
Haibowan
Erenhot
Pingshan
Zhangjiakou
Handan
Linzhou
Suide
Min Bei Jian'ou
Jian'ou (Dikou)
Songxi
Zhenghe
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
Jianyang
Pucheng (Shibei)
Min Dong Fuzhou 1
Changle 1
Lianjiang 1
Fuqing 1
Pingtan 1
Yongtai 1
Minqing 1
Gutian 1
Pingnan 1
Luoyuan 1
Fu'an 1
Ningde 1
Xiapu 1
Zherong 1
Shouning 1
Zhouning 1
Fuding 1
Matsu 1
Taishun 1
Cangnan 1
Manjung (Gutian) 1
Min Nan Xiamen 1
Xiamen (Tong'an) 1
Quanzhou 1
Jinjiang 1
Nan'an 1
Shishi 1
Hui'an 1
Anxi 1
Yongchun 1
Dehua 1
Zhangzhou 1
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 1
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 1
Hua'an 1
Nanjing 1
Pinghe 1
Zhangpu 1
Yunxiao 1
Zhao'an 1
Dongshan 1
Taipei 1
Taipei (Wanhua) 1
Kaohsiung 1
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 1
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 1
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 1
Yilan 1
Changhua (Lukang) 1
Taichung 1
Taichung (Wuqi) 1
Tainan 1
Taitung 1
Hsinchu 1
Kinmen 1
Penghu (Magong) 1
Penang (Hokkien) 1
Singapore (Hokkien) 1
Manila (Hokkien) 1
Medan (Hokkien) 1
Longyan 1
Zhangping 1
Datian 1
Pingnan (Shangdu) , 1
Guilin (Biyange) 1
Cangnan 1
Chaozhou 1
Shantou 1
Shantou (Chaoyang) 1
Jieyang 1
Haifeng 1
Bangkok (Teochew) 1
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 1
Singapore (Teochew) 1
Pontianak (Teochew) 1
Leizhou 1
Wenchang 1
Haikou 1
Qionghai 1
Singapore (Hainanese) 1
Puxian Min Putian 1
Xianyou 1
Min Zhong Yong'an
Sanyuan
Shaxian
Yanping (Wangtai)
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 𠇼
Guangze 𠇼
Jiangle
Mingxi
Shunchang
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 1
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe)
Shehua Jingning
Wu Shanghai 2
Shanghai (Chongming) 2
Shanghai (Jiading) 2
Shanghai (Songjiang) 是渠, 實渠,
Suzhou , 俚倷, 唔倷
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 2, 伊奴
Wuxi
Changshu 2
Haimen , 2
Jiaxing 伊內
Jiashan 2, 伊儂
Pinghu 伊儂
Haining (Yanguan) 2
Tongxiang 2, 夷儂
Haiyan 2, 葉內, 候內
Changzhou
Danyang
Gaochun
Huzhou 是其
Changxing 是夷,
Anji (Ancheng)
Deqing
Hangzhou
Hangzhou (Yuhang) ,
Hangzhou (Lin'an) , 是夷,
Hangzhou (Fuyang) , 是夷
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
Tonglu , 是夷
Tonglu (Wusheng) ,
Shaoxing
Zhuji
Shengzhou
Xinchang
Ningbo , 渠儂
Zhenhai
Fenghua
Yuyao
Cixi
Xiangshan , 像其
Ninghai , 其儂
Zhoushan
Huangyan
Tiantai
Xianju
Sanmen
Linhai
Wenling
Wenzhou
Yueqing
Yongjia (Fenglin)
Rui'an
Pingyang
Taishun
Wencheng
Lishui
Qingtian
Jinyun
Wuyi (Liucheng)
Songyang (Xiping)
Yunhe ,
Jingning ,
Qingyuan
Longquan
Quzhou
Suichang
Jiangshan
Changshan
Kaihua
Longyou , 渠儂
Jinhua
Jinhua (Tangxi) , 渠儂
Yiwu
Yongkang
Pujiang ,
Dongyang
Wuyi
Lanxi , 渠儂
Xiang Changsha
Loudi
Shuangfeng
Quanzhou
Note These also apply for other third person singular pronouns 佢 is preferred in Yue and Hakka, while 渠 is preferred elsewhere
Variety Location Words
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Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Chengdu
Guilin
Malaysia
Singapore
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
Dagudi (Maliba)
Reshuitang (Longling)
Mae Salong (Lancang)
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
Pematangsiantar
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Macau
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Taishan ,
Beihai
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
Penang (Guangfu)
Singapore (Guangfu)
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
Móng Cái
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian
Wuhua (Meilin)
Nanxiong (Zhuji)
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
Kuching (Hepo)
Huizhou Jixi
Jin Taiyuan
Jiuxing Yumin Lanxi
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen
Xiamen (Tong'an)
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Zhao'an
Dongshan
Taipei
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Penang (Hokkien)
Singapore (Hokkien)
Manila (Hokkien)
Chaozhou
Shantou
Jieyang
Haifeng
Singapore (Teochew)
Leizhou
Wenchang
Singapore (Hainanese)
Puxian Min Xianyou
Min Zhong Yong'an
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi)
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou
Ningbo
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha
Note † - may use corresponding classifier in certain contexts

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (ji1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gei1
  • Middle Chinese: /kɨ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*kɯ/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  2. (obsolete) Used in personal names.
    •    Lì Yì   Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang)

Pronunciation 3

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): (ji4)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gei3

Definitions

  1. (archaic) Only used in 彼其.

其 - Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Pronoun

() (shi) 

  1. (archaic) that
  2. you
  3. oneself

其 - Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ki]
  • Phonetic hangul: []

Hanja

(eumhun (geu gi))

  1. (literary) Hanja form? of (therein).
  2. (literary) Hanja form? of (his; her; its; their).
  3. (literary) Hanja form? of (that; those).

Compounds

  • 기간 (其間, gigan)
  • 기타 (其他, gita)
  • 각기 (各其, gakgi)
  • 기여 (其餘, giyeo)
  • 급기 (及其, geupgi)
  • 기외 (其外, gioe)
  • 기역 (其亦, giyeok)
  • 기수 (其數, gisu)
  • 기중 (其中, gijung)
  • 기처 (其處, gicheo)
  • 기차 (其次, gicha)
  • 급기야 (及其也, geupgiya)
  • 급기시 (及其時, geupgisi)
  • 기역시 (其亦是, giyeoksi)
  • 즉기시 (卽其時, jeukgisi)
  • 사기사 (事其事, sagisa)
  • 득기소 (得其所, deukgiso)
  • 적기시 (適其時, jeokgisi)
  • 거기중 (居其中, geogijung)
  • 어기중 (於其中, eogijung)
  • 출기불의 (出其不意, chulgiburui)

其 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: , kỳ, , khởi

Meaning and Definition of 其
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