# 技

| 技 | U+6280, &#25216; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6280 |
| ← 承 [U+627F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 抁 → [U+6281] |

## Translingual
### Han character

技 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十水 (QJE), four-corner 5404$_7$, composition ⿰扌支)

#### Derived characters

* 𠴜, 𫽂, 𢴛, 𰍸, 庪, 𪨵, 𪮣, 𨅅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11855
* Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6280

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 技
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 支 | *kje |
| 枝 | *kje |
| 肢 | *kje |
| 汥 | *kje, *ɡe, *ɡres |
| 衼 | *kje |
| 馶 | *kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe |
| 鳷 | *kje |
| 忮 | *kjes |
| 伎 | *kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ |
| 豉 | *ɡjes |
| 翅 | *qʰjes |
| 翄 | *qʰjes, *ɡe |
| 妓 | *kre, *ɡreʔ |
| 庋 | *kreʔ, *kʷreʔ |
| 跂 | *kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 蚑 | *kʰes, *ɡe |
| 吱 | *kʰes |
| 岐 | *ɡe |
| 歧 | *ɡe |
| 鬾 | *ɡre, *ɡres |
| 技 | *ɡreʔ |
| 芰 | *ɡres |
| 攱 | *kʷreʔ, *kʷres |
| 庪 | *kʷreʔ |
| 頍 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 屐 | *ɡreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡreʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje) – skill with one’s hands, artisan.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jì (ji$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jī
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): jī
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^6$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): kei$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qi$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kî
    (Hailu, HRS): gi$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ki$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ji$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): gí
* Eastern Min (BUC): gê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kī / kǐ / ki
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gi$^7$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ji
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi$^4$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ji$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: jī
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): ji$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^6$
*** Yale: geih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯²²/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: kei$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ki$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gí
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gê
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛi²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
*** Tâi-lô: kī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ki
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ
*** Tâi-lô: kǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
*** Tâi-lô: ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ky
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
* kī/kǐ - literary;
* ki - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit技 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕi³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕji²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕi³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕi²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sz̩⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕi³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /d͡ʑi²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /d͡ʑi³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑi¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /d͡zz̩³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰi²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕi⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰi²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ki²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kei²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ki²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kei²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ki²²/ /ki⁵⁵/ 俗 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kɛi²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ki⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ki³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ki³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: gjeX
Rime :
| Character | 技 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠綺切 |
| Baxter | gjeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡˠiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gjiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡje$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]reʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 技 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gje$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]reʔ/ |
| English | skill |
| 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 | 技 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17229 |
| Phonetic component | 支 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 技 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡreʔ/ |

### Definitions

技
* skill; ability; talent; artistry; technique
* ingenuity; creativity; inventiveness
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) singing and dancing, or one who is skilled in singing and dancing; actor or actress
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) craftsman; artisan

### Compounds

* 一技之長 / 一技之长 (yījìzhīcháng)
* 一技在身
* 不禁技癢 / 不禁技痒
* 以售其技
* 口技 (kǒujì)
* 國技 / 国技 (guójì)
* 外技
* 奇技 (qíjì)
* 奇技淫巧 (qíjìyínqiǎo)
* 寸長尺技 / 寸长尺技
* 尖端科技
* 屠龍之技 / 屠龙之技
* 心煩技癢 / 心烦技痒
* 慣技 / 惯技 (guànjì)
* 手技 (shǒujì)
* 技倆 / 技俩 (jìliǎng)
* 技士 (jìshì)
* 技工 (jìgōng)
* 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
* 技師 / 技师 (jìshī)
* 技擊 / 技击
* 技正
* 技法 (jìfǎ)
* 技癢 / 技痒 (jìyǎng)
* 技窮 / 技穷
* 技能 (jìnéng)
* 技能檢定 / 技能检定
* 技能競賽 / 技能竞赛
* 技藝 / 技艺 (jìyì)
* 技藝超群 / 技艺超群
* 技術 / 技术 (jìshù)
* 技術人員 / 技术人员 (jìshù rényuán)
* 技術作物 / 技术作物
* 技術分析 / 技术分析 (jìshùfēnxī)
* 技術合作 / 技术合作
* 技術員 / 技术员 (jìshùyuán)
* 技術性 / 技术性 (jìshùxìng)
* 技術犯規 / 技术犯规
* 技術降落 / 技术降落
* 技高一籌 / 技高一筹 (jìgāoyīchóu)
* 故技 (gùjì)
* 故技重施 (gùjìchóngshī)
* 方技 (fāngjì)
* 方技略
* 末技
* 梧鼠之技
* 梧鼠技窮 / 梧鼠技穷
* 殊技
* 演技 (yǎnjì)
* 無技可施 / 无技可施
* 片長末技 / 片长末技
* 片長薄技 / 片长薄技
* 特技 (tèjì)
* 特技鏡頭 / 特技镜头
* 獻技 / 献技 (xiànjì)
* 球技 (qiújì)
* 生技 (shēngjì)
* 生物科技 (shēngwù kējì)
* 略施小技
* 神乎其技 (shénhūqíjì)
* 科技 (kējì)
* 科技食物
* 競技 / 竞技 (jìngjì)
* 競技場 / 竞技场 (jìngjìchǎng)
* 絕技 / 绝技 (juéjì)
* 經濟技術開發區 / 经济技术开发区 (jīngjì jìshù kāifāqū)
* 舞技
* 薄技 (bójì)
* 蟲篆之技 / 虫篆之技
* 貫蝨之技 / 贯虱之技
* 身懷絕技 / 身怀绝技
* 車技 / 车技 (chējì)
* 軟技術 / 软技术
* 農技 / 农技
* 農技團 / 农技团
* 遙測技術 / 遥测技术
* 長技 / 长技 (chángjì)
* 雕蟲小技 / 雕虫小技 (diāochóngxiǎojì)
* 雜技 / 杂技 (zájì)
* 頂技 / 顶技
* 高科技 (gāokējì)
* 黔驢之技 / 黔驴之技 (qiánlǘzhījì)
* 黔驢技窮 / 黔驴技穷 (qiánlǘjìqióng)
* 鼠技
* 鼫鼠五技

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: わざ (waza, 技, Jōyō)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 技
* わざ Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 技
* ぎ Grade: 5
* on'yomi
技(わざ) or 技(ワザ) or 技(ぎ) • (waza or gi)
* technique, art, skill

## Korean
### Hanja

技 (eumhun 재주 기 (jaeju gi))
* hanja form of 기 (“skill”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

技: Hán Nôm readings: kĩ, kỹ
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