# 蘄

| 蘄 | U+8604, &#34308; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8604 |
| ← 蘃 [U+8603] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蘅 → [U+8605] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蘄 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿口十中 (TRJL), four-corner 4452$_1$, composition ⿱艹𰕣)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1067, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32418
* Dae Jaweon: page 1533, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3326, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8604

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 𰕣.

### Pronunciation 1

* 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 | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[ɢ]ər/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[ɢ]ər/ |
| English | banner; flag |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 6633 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ |

#### Definitions

蘄
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of herb
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bit (metal in horse's mouth)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 祈 (qí, “to pray for”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 圻 (qí, “boundary; border”)
* (～州) (historical) Qi (a prefecture located in modern-day Qichun, Hubei, China)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 蘄向 / 蕲向
* 蘄州鬼 / 蕲州鬼
* 蘄年宮 / 蕲年宫
* 蘄春 / 蕲春 (Qíchūn)
* 蘄水 / 蕲水
* 蘄求 / 蕲求 (qíqiú)
* 蘄王 / 蕲王
* 蘄竹 / 蕲竹
* 蘄笛 / 蕲笛
* 蘄簟 / 蕲簟
* 蘄艾 / 蕲艾
* 蘄茝 / 蕲茝
* 蘄蛇 / 蕲蛇

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jī (ji$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jī
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ji
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^1$
*** Yale: jī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: kj+j
Rime :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居依切 |
| Baxter | kj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /kiəi/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ke̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 6634 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 機 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯl/ |

#### Definitions

蘄
* (～縣) (historical) Ji (a county located in modern-day Anhui, China)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qín (qin$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qín
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cín
*** Wade–Giles: chʻin$^2$
*** Yale: chín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyn
*** Palladius: цинь (cinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gj+n
Rime :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 巨斤切 |
| Baxter | gj+n |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiən/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蘄 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 6658 |
| Phonetic component | 斤 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 勤 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯn/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅 |

#### Definitions

蘄
* Only used in 山蘄／山蕲.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)、け (ke)、きん (kin)、ごん (gon)

## Korean
### Hanja

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