歧

See also: 岐

歧	U+6B67, 歧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B67

← 武
[U+6B66]

CJK Unified Ideographs

歨 →
[U+6B68]

Translingual

Han character

歧 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一十水 (YMJE), four-corner 2414₇, composition ⿰止支)

side road, fork of a road
divergent, branching off

Derived characters

𡹉, 𤛽

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 576, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16275
Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1440, character 5
Unihan data for U+6B67

Chinese

simp. and trad.		歧
2nd round simp.		岐

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

A prefixed derivative of 支 (OC *kje, “branch (of tree), limb; to support”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí (qi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): gì
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki⁵

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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
  - Tâi-lô: kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjie

Rime
Character	歧
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
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-ke/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歧
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gjie ›
Old Chinese	/*N-ke/ (dialect: no palatalization)
English	forked (road)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歧
Reading #	1/1
No.	17221
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

歧

Compounds

兩歧 / 两歧
分歧 (fēnqí)
多歧亡羊
多歧援喻
女歧
引入歧途
徘徊歧路
徬徨歧路
徬徨歧途
性別歧視 / 性别歧视 (xìngbié qíshì)
村路歧
歧亭 (Qítíng)
歧出 (qíchū)
歧嶷
歧念
歧旁
歧歧
歧異 / 歧异 (qíyì)
歧視 / 歧视 (qíshì)
歧義 / 歧义 (qíyì)
歧見 / 歧见 (qíjiàn)
歧路 (qílù)
歧路亡羊 (qílùwángyáng)
歧途 (qítú)
種族歧視 / 种族歧视 (zhǒngzú qíshì)
紛歧 / 纷歧
臨歧 / 临歧 (línqí)
誤入歧途 / 误入歧途 (wùrùqítú)
麥秀兩歧 / 麦秀两歧
麥穗兩歧 / 麦穗两歧

References

“歧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “歧”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 181.

Japanese

Kanji

歧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
Kun: ゆび (yubi)、わかれる (wakareru)

Korean

Hanja

歧 (eum 기 (gi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

歧: Hán Nôm readings: kì

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References

Nom Foundation