# 薊

| 薊 | U+858A, &#34186; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-858A |
| ← 薉 [U+8589] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薋 → [U+858B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火弓 (TNFN), four-corner 4432$_0$, composition ⿱艹魝)
* Cirsium or Carduus (generic), thistles
* a surname

#### Derived characters

* 𧾯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1060, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32095
* Dae Jaweon: page 1524, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3304, character 11
* Unihan data for U+858A

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jì (ji$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jì
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jì
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^4$
*** Yale: jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gai$^3$
*** Yale: gai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: kejH
Rime :
| Character | 薊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古詣切 |
| Baxter | kejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kei$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɛi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɛj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kei$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kiei$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kiei$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*keːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5855 |
| Phonetic component | 薊 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 計 |
| Old Chinese | /*keːds/ |

### Definitions

薊
* thistle

### Compounds

* 小薊 / 小蓟 (xiǎojì)
* 朝鮮薊 / 朝鲜蓟
* 薊州 / 蓟州 (Jìzhōu, “Jizhou”)
* 薊訓歷家 / 蓟训历家
* 薊門 / 蓟门
* 薊馬 / 蓟马
* 藿香薊 / 藿香蓟 (huòxiāngjì)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* Cirsum; thistle.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): けい (kei)
* Kun: あざみ (azami, 薊)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 薊
* あざみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あざみ [àzámí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [a̠za̠mʲi]

### Noun

薊(あざみ) • (azami)
* thistle; various species of the tribe Cardueae

#### Derived terms

* 薊馬(アザミウマ) (azamiuma)
* 鬼薊(オニアザミ) (oniazami)
* 煙管薊(キセルアザミ) (kiseruazami)
* 狐薊(キツネアザミ) (kitsuneazami)
* 沢薊(サワアザミ) (sawāzami)
* 鳥海薊(チョウカイアザミ) (chōkaiazami)
* 野薊(ノアザミ) (noazami)
* 葉薊(ハアザミ) (hāzami)
* 浜薊(ハマアザミ) (hamāzami)
* 姫薊(ヒメアザミ) (himeazami)
* 富士薊(フジアザミ) (fujiazami)
* 森薊(モリアザミ) (moriazami)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

薊 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

薊: Hán Nôm readings: kế
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