# 淇

| 淇 | U+6DC7, &#28103; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC7 |
| ← 淆 [U+6DC6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淈 → [U+6DC8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淇 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水廿一金 (ETMC), four-corner 3418$_1$, composition ⿰氵其)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17620
* Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1641, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6DC7

## Chinese

* 淇河 (衛河支流) (Written Standard Chinese)
* 淇河 (丹江支流) (Written Standard Chinese)
* 淇縣 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 淇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 基 | *kɯ |
| 箕 | *kɯ |
| 朞 | *kɯ |
| 稘 | *kɯ |
| 萁 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 期 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諅 | *kɯ, *ɡɯs |
| 其 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 錤 | *kɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 諆 | *kɯ, *kʰɯ |
| 欺 | *kʰɯ |
| 娸 | *kʰɯ |
| 魌 | *kʰɯ |
| 僛 | *kʰɯ |
| 唭 | *kʰɯs |
| 棋 | *ɡɯ |
| 旗 | *ɡɯ |
| 淇 | *ɡɯ |
| 祺 | *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ |
| 琪 | *ɡɯ |
| 騏 | *ɡɯ |
| 綦 | *ɡɯ |
| 麒 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜞 | *ɡɯ |
| 綨 | *ɡɯ |
| 蜝 | *ɡɯ |
| 棊 | *ɡɯ |
| 碁 | *ɡɯ |
| 鯕 | *ɡɯ |
| 踑 | *ɡɯ |
| 藄 | *ɡɯ |
| 櫀 | *ɡɯ |
| 璂 | *ɡɯ |
| 禥 | *ɡɯ |
| 惎 | *ɡɯs |
| 帺 | *ɡɯs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡɯ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qí
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cí
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$
*** Yale: chí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$
*** Yale: kèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gi
Rime :
| Character | 淇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 |
| Baxter | gi |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 淇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9951 |
| Phonetic component | 其 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ |

### Definitions

淇
* (～水) The name of a river that originates in Henan.
    淇濱／淇滨 ― Qíbīn ― Qibin (a district of Hebi, Henan, China)
* (～河, ～水) The name of a branch of the Hai River.
* (～河) The name of a branch of the Han River.
* (～縣) Qi County, Hebi, Henan Province

### Compounds

* 冰淇淋 (bīngqílín)
* 淇奧／淇奥
* 淇水
* 淇濱／淇滨 (Qíbīn, “Qibin”)
* 霜淇淋 (shuāngqílín)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: き (ki)

## Korean
### Hanja

淇 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

淇: Hán Nôm readings: kì
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#### Further reading

* Nom Foundation