# 祁

| 祁 | U+7941, &#31041; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7941 |
| ← 祀 [U+7940] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 祂 → [U+7942] |

## Translingual
### Han character

祁 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火弓中 (IFNL), four-corner 3722$_7$, composition ⿰礻阝)

#### Derived characters

* 𭈢, 𧌴, 𩷾

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 840, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24634
* Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2385, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7941

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 示 | *ɡle, *ɢljils |
| 祁 | *ɡril, *kljilʔ |
| 狋 | *ŋɡril, *ɡʷren |
| 視 | *ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils |
| 眎 | *ɡljilʔ, *ɡljils, *ɢljils |
| 沶 | *li |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡril, *kljilʔ): phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils) + semantic 邑 (“place”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí (qi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî
* 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/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: gjij
Rime :
| Character | 祁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠脂切 |
| Baxter | gjij |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡiɪ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡjɪ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gi/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]rij/, /*[ɡ]rə[j]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡril/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 祁 | 祁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gij › | ‹ gij › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]rij/ | /*[ɡ]rə[j]/ |
| English | (place name) | great, numerous |
| 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 | 祁 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 11599 |
| Phonetic component | 示 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鬐 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡril/ |

#### Definitions

祁
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) great
* (～縣) Qi County (a county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China)
* Short for 祁門／祁门 (Qímén).
* Short for 祁陽／祁阳 (Qíyáng).
* (historical dictionaries only) numerous; ample; abundant
* a surname
    祁家威 ― Qí Jiāwēi ― Chi Chia-wei (a Taiwanese gay civil rights activist)

#### Compounds

* 伊祁
* 伊祁氏
* 六出祁山
* 宋祁
* 巫支祁
* 師祁 / 师祁
* 支祁
* 昭餘祁 / 昭余祁
* 暑雨祁寒
* 無支祁 / 无支祁
* 犁祁
* 王原祁
* 盛暑祁寒
* 祁僮
* 祁劇 / 祁剧
* 祁哀
* 祁奚之舉 / 祁奚之举
* 祁奚之薦 / 祁奚之荐
* 祁奚之諸 / 祁奚之诸
* 祁奚舉午 / 祁奚举午
* 祁奚舉子 / 祁奚举子
* 祁奚薦仇 / 祁奚荐仇
* 祁奚請老 / 祁奚请老
* 祁家溝 / 祁家沟 (Qíjiāgōu)
* 祁寒
* 祁寒暑雨
* 祁寒極暑 / 祁寒极暑
* 祁寒溽暑
* 祁寒盛暑
* 祁寒酷暑
* 祁寒隆署
* 祁山
* 祁巷 (Qíxiàng)
* 祁曼塔格 (Qímàntǎgé)
* 祁東 / 祁东 (Qídōng)
* 祁祁
* 祁祁學子 / 祁祁学子
* 祁紅 / 祁红 (qíhóng)
* 祁縣 / 祁县 (Qíxiàn)
* 祁連 / 祁连 (Qílián)
* 祁連山 / 祁连山 (Qílián Shān)
* 祁門 / 祁门 (Qímén)
* 祁陽 / 祁阳 (Qíyáng)
* 續祁 / 续祁
* 郊祁
* 黎祁

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$
*** Yale: jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyijX
Rime :
| Character | 祁 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職雉切 |
| Baxter | tsyijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kljilʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 祁 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 11601 |
| Phonetic component | 示 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 旨 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljilʔ/ |
| Notes | 礻原作示 |

#### Definitions

祁
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: おおいに (ōini, 祁いに)、さかんに (sakanni, 祁んに)、これ (kore)

## Korean
### Hanja

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

祁: Hán Việt readings: kì, kỳ
祁: Nôm readings: kì, kỳ
* chữ Hán form of Kì (“a surname”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 Trần (1999).
* 1 2 Nguyễn (1974).
* 1 2 Thiều Chửu (1942).