# 綺

| 綺 | U+7DBA, &#32186; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DBA |
| ← 綹 [U+7DB9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 綻 → [U+7DBB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

綺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火大一口 (VFKMR), four-corner 2492$_1$, composition ⿰糹奇)
* fine, thin silk
* elegant, beautiful

#### Derived characters

* 𤀽, 𦿟, 𦌰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27586
* Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3411, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7DBA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 奇 | *kral, *ɡral |
| 畸 | *kral |
| 剞 | *kral, *kralʔ |
| 羇 | *kral |
| 掎 | *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals |
| 攲 | *kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral |
| 躸 | *kral |
| 踦 | *kralʔ, *kʰral |
| 寄 | *krals |
| 徛 | *krals, *ɡralʔ |
| 欹 | *kʰral, *qral |
| 崎 | *kʰral, *ɡɯl |
| 觭 | *kʰral, *kʰralʔ |
| 碕 | *kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl |
| 綺 | *kʰralʔ |
| 婍 | *kʰralʔ |
| 騎 | *ɡral, *ɡrals |
| 琦 | *ɡral |
| 鵸 | *ɡral |
| 錡 | *ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ |
| 輢 | *ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals |
| 齮 | *ŋɡralʔ |
| 犄 | *qral |
| 猗 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 椅 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 旖 | *qral, *qralʔ |
| 陭 | *qral, *qrals |
| 檹 | *qral |
| 漪 | *qral |
| 倚 | *qralʔ, *qrals |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰralʔ): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐ (qi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khí
    (Hailu, HRS): ki$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kiē
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$
*** Yale: chǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^2$
*** Yale: yí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khí
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ki$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ki$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kiē
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰie³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ki$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ki$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí
*** Tâi-lô: khí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: khjeX
Rime :
| Character | 綺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 墟彼切 |
| Baxter | khjeX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰᵚiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰjiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰje$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰralʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 綺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khje$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔ/ |
| English | patterned silk |
| 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 | 綺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9992 |
| Phonetic component | 奇 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 綺 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰralʔ/ |

### Definitions

綺
* woven silk
* beautiful, gorgeous

### Compounds

* 插金披綺 / 插金披绮
* 泰綺絲 / 泰绮丝
* 清綺 / 清绮
* 煥綺 / 焕绮
* 珠翠羅綺 / 珠翠罗绮
* 紈綺 / 纨绮
* 紈綺年 / 纨绮年
* 綺井 / 绮井
* 綺媚 / 绮媚
* 綺室 / 绮室 (qǐshì)
* 綺年 / 绮年
* 綺年玉貌 / 绮年玉貌
* 綺思 / 绮思 (qǐsī)
* 綺情 / 绮情
* 綺疏 / 绮疏
* 綺窗 / 绮窗
* 綺紈之歲 / 绮纨之岁
* 綠綺 / 绿绮 (Lǜqǐ)
* 綺縞 / 绮缟
* 綺繡 / 绮绣
* 綺羅 / 绮罗 (qǐluó)
* 綺羅粉黛 / 绮罗粉黛
* 綺羅香 / 绮罗香
* 綺襦紈褲 / 绮襦纨裤
* 綺語 / 绮语 (qǐyǔ)
* 綺錢 / 绮钱
* 綺陌 / 绮陌
* 綺靡 / 绮靡
* 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
* 羅綺 / 罗绮
* 膏粱紈綺 / 膏粱纨绮
* 餘霞成綺 / 余霞成绮

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: き (ki)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: あや (aya, 綺)

#### Compounds

* 綺麗(きれい) (kirei): beauty

## Korean
### Hanja

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

綺: Hán Nôm readings: khỉ, ỷ, khởi
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