# 蹊

| 蹊 | U+8E4A, &#36426; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E4A |
| ← 蹉 [U+8E49] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蹋 → [U+8E4B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蹊 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口一月女大 (RMBVK), four-corner 6213$_4$, composition ⿰𧾷奚)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1231, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37747
* Dae Jaweon: page 1703, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3729, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8E4A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蹊
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 謑 | *qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ |
| 膎 | *ɡreː |
| 鞵 | *ɡreː |
| 榽 | *ɡreː, *ɡeː |
| 鷄 | *keː |
| 雞 | *keː |
| 谿 | *kʰeː |
| 嵠 | *kʰeː |
| 溪 | *kʰeː |
| 磎 | *kʰeː |
| 螇 | *kʰeː, *ɡeː |
| 鸂 | *kʰeː |
| 奚 | *ɡeː |
| 豯 | *ɡeː |
| 徯 | *ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ |
| 蹊 | *ɡeː |
| 騱 | *ɡeː |
| 傒 | *ɡeː |
| 鼷 | *ɡeː |
| 蒵 | *ɡeː, *ɡeːs |
| 貕 | *ɡeː |
| 慀 | *ɡeːs |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hai$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): he$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hi$^1$ / hi$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hai$^4$
*** Yale: hàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐi̯²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: he$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /he¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
*** Tâi-lô: hê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hee
*** IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /he²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hi$^1$ / hi$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi / hî
*** Sinological IPA : /hi³³/, /hi⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hej
Rime :
| Character | 蹊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡雞切 |
| Baxter | hej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣei/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiei/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤe/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蹊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hej › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁe/ |
| English | foot-path |
| 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 | 蹊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13367 |
| Phonetic component | 奚 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 奚 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡeː/ |

#### Definitions

蹊
* (literary) footpath
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to trample on; to cross; to traverse
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) footprint
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) path; way
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 徯 (“to wait”)

#### Compounds

* 別開蹊徑 / 别开蹊径
* 別闢蹊徑 / 别辟蹊径
* 另闢蹊徑 / 另辟蹊径 (lìngpìxījìng)
* 各闢蹊徑 / 各辟蹊径
* 成蹊
* 李下無蹊 / 李下无蹊
* 獨闢蹊徑 / 独辟蹊径 (dúpìxījìng)
* 蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng)
* 蹊田奪牛 / 蹊田夺牛
* 蹊要
* 鼠蹊 (shǔxī)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qī (qi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qī
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ci
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kai$^1$
*** Yale: kāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
*** Tâi-lô: khi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khi
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi³³/

#### Definitions

蹊
* Used in 蹊蹺／蹊跷.

#### Compounds

* 蹊蹺 / 蹊跷

### References

* “蹊”, 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–

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蹊”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* path

#### Readings

* Go-on: げ (ge)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: みち (michi, 蹊)、わたる (wataru, 蹊る)

#### Compounds

* 鼠蹊(そけい) (sokei): groin
* 鼠蹊部(そけいぶ) (sokeibu): groin
* 鼠蹊管(そけいかん) (sokeikan): inguinal canal

## Korean
### Hanja

蹊 • (hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune–Reischauer hye, Yale hyey)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蹊: Hán Nôm readings: khê
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