# 琦

| 琦 | U+7426, &#29734; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7426 |
| ← 琥 [U+7425] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 琧 → [U+7427] |

## Translingual
### Han character

琦 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土大一口 (MGKMR), four-corner 1412$_1$, composition ⿰𤣩奇)

#### Derived characters

* 𣾏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21062
* Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1120, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7426

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 奇 | *kral, *ɡral |
| 畸 | *kral |
| 剞 | *kral, *kralʔ |
| 羇 | *kral |
| 掎 | *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals |
| 攲 | *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral |
| 躸 | *kral |
| 踦 | *kralʔ, *kʰral |
| 寄 | *krals |
| 徛 | *krals, *ɡralʔ |
| 欹 | *kʰral, *qral |
| 崎 | *kʰral, *ɡɯl |
| 觭 | *kʰral, *kʰralʔ |
| 碕 | *kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl |
| 綺 | *kʰralʔ |
| 婍 | *kʰralʔ |
| 騎 | *ɡral, *ɡrals |
| 琦 | *ɡral |
| 鵸 | *ɡral |
| 錡 | *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ |
| 輢 | *ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals |
| 齮 | *ŋɡralʔ |
| 犄 | *qral |
| 猗 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 椅 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 旖 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 陭 | *qral, *qrals |
| 檹 | *qral |
| 漪 | *qral |
| 倚 | *qralʔ, *qrals |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡral) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

### 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: gje
Rime :
| Character | 琦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠羈切 |
| Baxter | gje |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡje/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡral/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 琦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9999 |
| Phonetic component | 奇 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 竒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡral/ |

### Definitions

琦
* fine, admirable, extraordinary
* jade, gem, precious stone
* bizarre

### Compounds

* 琦善
* 琦瑋／琦玮
* 琦行
* 瑰意琦行 (guīyìqíxíng)
* 韓琦／韩琦

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02633
* “琦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* gem
* precious stone
* jade

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
* Kun: たま (tama)

## Korean
### Hanja

琦 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki, Yale ki)
* type of jade
* strange, odd
* rare

## Vietnamese
### Han character

琦: Hán Nôm readings: kỳ, kì
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