跂

跂	U 8DC2, 跂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DC2

Translingual

Han character

跂 (Kangxi radical 157, 足 4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口一十水 (RMJE), four-corner 6414₇, composition ⿰𧾷支)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1222, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37416
Dae Jaweon: page 1694, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3689, character 6
Unihan data for U 8DC2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		跂
alternative forms		𩨝枝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 跂
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 1

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

Rime
Character	跂
Reading #	1/3
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	跂
Reading #	3/3
No.	17226
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

跂

(literary) extra toe
(literary) Alternative form of 蚑 (qí, “creeping; crawling”)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐ, qì (qi³, qi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ, ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³
  - Yale: chǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - 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: kei⁵
  - Yale: kéih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: khjeX

Rime
Character	跂
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘弭切
Baxter	khjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/kʰje^X/
Wang Li	/kʰǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰeʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跂
Reading #	1/3
No.	17216
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跬
Old Chinese	/*kʰeʔ/
Notes	切語同跬集韻改遣爾切

Definitions

跂

(literary) Alternative form of 企 (qǐ, “to stand on tiptoe”)
- 吾嘗終日而思矣，不如須臾之所學也。吾嘗跂而望矣，不如登高之博見也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  吾尝终日而思矣，不如须臾之所学也。吾尝跂而望矣，不如登高之博见也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Wú cháng zhōngrì ér sī yǐ, bùrú xūyú zhī suǒ xué yě. Wú cháng qǐ ér wàng yǐ, bùrú dēnggāo zhī bó jiàn yě. [Pinyin]
  I once thought for a whole day, but this could not compare with a moment of learning; I once tiptoed and looked off into the distance, but this could not compare with the broad view at a high altitude.

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

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/

Middle Chinese: khjieH

Rime
Character	跂
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去智切
Baxter	khjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjɛ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiə̆^H/
Li Rong	/kʰie^H/
Wang Li	/kʰǐe^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰes/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跂
Reading #	2/3
No.	17217
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	企
Old Chinese	/*kʰes/

Definitions

跂

^† to sit with feet hanging

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Definitions

跂

^† Alternative form of 屐 (jī, “clogs”)

Pronunciation 5

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
  - Wade–Giles: chih¹
  - Yale: jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Definitions

跂

Only used in 踶跂.

Compounds

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B04869
“跂”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

跂

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)、し (shi)
Kun: むつゆび (mutsuyubi)、つまだてる (tsumadateru, 跂てる)

Korean

Hanja

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

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