蚑

蚑	U+8691, 蚑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8691

← 蚐
[U+8690]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蚒 →
[U+8692]

Translingual

Han character

蚑 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十水 (LIJE), four-corner 5414₇, composition ⿰虫支)

tip-toe

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32858
Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2837, character 7
Unihan data for U+8691

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蚑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蚑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qí (qi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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/

Middle Chinese: gjie, gjie, khjieH

Rime
Character	蚑	蚑	蚑
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	支 (11)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	巨支切	巨支切	去智切
Baxter	gjie	gjie	khjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/	/ɡiᴇ/	/kʰiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/	/ɡiɛ/	/kʰiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/	/ɡjɛ/	/kʰjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/	/giə̆/	/kʰiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ɡie/	/ɡie/	/kʰie^H/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/	/ɡǐe/	/kʰǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/	/gie̯/	/kʰie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	qí	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	kei⁴	hei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰes/, /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蚑	蚑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17218	17223
Phonetic component	支	支
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	企	祇
Old Chinese	/*kʰes/	/*ɡe/

Definitions

蚑

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Compounds

蚑行

Japanese

Kanji

蚑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)、げ (ge)
Kun: はう (hau)