# 幾

| 幾 | U+5E7E, &#24190; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7E |
| ← 幽 [U+5E7D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 广 → [U+5E7F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幾 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女戈竹戈 (VIHI), four-corner 2225$_3$, composition ⿻⿻𢆶戈人(G) or ⿹⿻𢆶戈人(HTJK))

#### Derived characters

* 僟, 嘰, 㙨, 𡡤, 𡼠, 𢡧, 𢴰, 𨗂, 𣊉, 機, 𣰈, 璣, 𦠄, 禨, 磯, 穖, 𧝞, 𥼘, 𬘁, 𦏑, 耭, 蟣, 譏, 䟇, 䤒, 鐖, 鞿, 饑, 𩦋, 魕, 𧰙, 𪅹, 𪙧
* 𠟣, 𢇓, 𢇒, 㡮, 𧗓, 𩴪, 畿, 𧗒, 𦺬, 𥳏

#### Descendants

* き (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
* キ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
* 𛀤
* 𛀥

#### Related characters

* 几 (In simplified Chinese)

#### Usage notes

In standards of Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan, the 人 component in the lower left of 幾 touches but does not cross the horizontal stroke in the 戈 component. In standard of Mainland China, the top of the 人 component crosses over the horizontal stroke in the 戈 component.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 342, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9208
* Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1095, character 8
* Unihan data for U+5E7E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幾 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 機 | *kɯl |
| 譏 | *kɯl |
| 嘰 | *kɯl |
| 磯 | *kɯl |
| 鞿 | *kɯl |
| 饑 | *kɯl |
| 禨 | *kɯl, *kɯls |
| 幾 | *kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls |
| 鐖 | *kɯl |
| 僟 | *kɯl |
| 璣 | *kɯl |
| 蟣 | *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl |
| 穖 | *kɯlʔ |
| 畿 | *ɡɯl |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𢆶 (“silk threads; little things”) + 戍 (“to guard against”) – watching over the fine details.
Note that the simplified form 几 (OC *krilʔ, “small table”) is also a traditional character on its own.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jǐ (ji$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jì
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җи (ži, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei$^2$ / gi$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): gei$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ji$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kí
    (Hailu, HRS): gi$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gi$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ji$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): gūi / gī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gui$^3$ / gi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kúi / kí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gui$^2$ / gi$^1$ / gua$^3$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ci
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chi$^3$
*** Yale: jǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
*** Palladius: цзи (czi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jì
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җи (ži, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^2$
*** Yale: géi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gei$^2$ / gi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei⁵⁵/, /ki⁵⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: gei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kí
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gi$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gūi / gī
*** Sinological IPA : /kui³³/, /ki³³/
* gūi - vernacular;
* gī - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kj+jX
Rime :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居狶切 |
| Baxter | kj+jX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨi$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɨi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəi$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨj$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiəi$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ke̯i$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kəjʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯlʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjɨj$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kəjʔ/ |
| English | few; how many |
| 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 | 幾 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| No. | 5800 |
| Phonetic component | 幾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蟣 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

幾
* how much; how many
    幾位？／几位？ ― Jǐwèi? ― How many people [e.g. when entering restaurants]?
    你要幾瓶？／你要几瓶？ ― Nǐ yào jǐ píng? ― How many bottles do you want?
       Nǐ huì shuō jǐ zhǒng yǔyán? [Pinyin]
       How many languages do you speak?
* (of number, time, date) what; which
    幾點鐘了？／几点钟了？ ― Jǐ diǎnzhōng le? ― What time is it?
    今天幾號？／今天几号？ ― Jīntiān jǐ hào? ― What's the date today?
    你幾號？／你几号？ ― Nǐ jǐ hào? ― What's your number?
    你幾幾年的？／你几几年的？ ― Nǐ jǐ jǐ nián de? ― What year were you born?
* a few; some; several
       Wǒ biān děng biān liúlǎn jǐ běn zázhì. [Pinyin]
       I browsed through some magazines while I waited.
       Jǐ tiān hòu tā jiāng huílái. [Pinyin]
       He will be back in a few days.
    同幾首歌／同几首歌 [Cantonese] ― tung$^4$ gei$^2$ sau$^2$ go$^1$ [Jyutping] ― the same old songs
* (of numeral amounts) some; something; odd
    八十幾年／八十几年 ― bāshí jǐ nián ― eighty-something years; eighty-odd years
    八幾年／八几年 [Cantonese] ― baat$^3$ gei$^2$ nin$^4$ [Jyutping] ― the '80s
       From: 飲茶哥
       saam$^1$ dim$^2$ gei$^2$ lai$^4$, jam$^2$ caa$^4$ sin$^1$ aa$^3$! [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua) how; how much
       keoi$^5$ gam$^1$ nin$^{4-2}$ gei$^2$ daai$^6$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       How old is she this year?
    有幾難啫？／有几难啫？ [Cantonese] ― jau$^5$ gei$^2$ naan$^4$ ze$^1$? [Jyutping] ― How hard can it be?
* (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Pinghua, Xiang) how; so; such
* (Cantonese) quite; rather; really; very; pretty
    幾好睇／几好睇 [Cantonese] ― gei$^2$ hou$^2$ tai$^2$ [Jyutping] ― quite good-looking
    From:
    go$^2$ si$^4$ ngo$^5$ maa$^{1-4}$ maa$^1$ zau$^6$ jiu$^3$ jat$^1$ zi$^1$ zi$^1$ gam$^2$ di$^1$ ji$^1$ soeng$^4$ zuk$^1$ ne$^1$, zau$^6$ gwaa$^3$ zyu$^6$ di$^1$ saam$^1$ jiu$^3$ jung$^6$ keoi$^5$ caap$^3$ lok$^6$ heoi$^3$. gei$^2$ san$^1$ fu$^2$ gaa$^3$, jau$^5$ si$^6$ wui$^5$ dit$^3$ di$^1$ zuk$^1$ lok$^6$ gaai$^1$ gaa$^3$. [Jyutping]
    My mother used to take bamboo poles like those, hang clothes on them and poke them down. It was rather difficult, and sometimes they would fall into the street.
    From: 陳慧嫻, 紅茶館
    nei$^5$ mou$^5$ neoi$^5$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$? gang$^2$ hai$^6$ m$^4$ seon$^3$ laa$^1$! mou$^5$ lei$^5$ jau$^4$ gaa$^3$. nei$^5$... gei$^2$ hou$^2$ aa$^3$! [Jyutping]
    You don't have a girlfriend? Of course I don't believe you! Impossible. You're… not bad!

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多少 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多少 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多少 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾多, 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 幾, 幾多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多少 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好些, 好多 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾多 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾多 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾多, 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾多 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多少 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 若夥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 幾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾多 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 幾好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 幾漢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 多話 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 幾化 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 多少 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈兒, 幾倈 |
| Wu | Lishui | 幾粒 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 多 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好多 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 幾, 幾多 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好多, 幾多 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多, 多麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 多 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 多 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 多 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 幾 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 幾 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 多少 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 多麼, 多啦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 偌 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 多下 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Danyang | 多 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 多少 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幾很 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 好 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多麼, 何等, 何其 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多麼, 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 多 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多麼, 多 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多麼, 多 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好, 多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾, 幾樣, 好 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾, 幾咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多麼, 多來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥, 若 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 偌爾, 偌仔爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 若 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈, 幾恁 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 幾, 幾多, 好 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 幾, 好 |
* (quite): 挺 (tǐng), 頗／颇 (pō)

##### Compounds

* 不多幾日 / 不多几日
* 不消幾日 / 不消几日
* 不知凡幾 / 不知凡几 (bùzhīfánjǐ)
* 吃幾碗乾飯 / 吃几碗干饭
* 寥寥無幾 / 寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
* 巴布亞紐幾內亞 / 巴布亚纽几内亚
* 年幾 / 年几
* 幾位 / 几位 (jǐ wèi)
* 幾何 / 几何 (jǐhé)
* 幾何圖形 / 几何图形 (jǐhé túxíng)
* 幾何圖案 / 几何图案
* 幾何學 / 几何学 (jǐhéxué)
* 幾何級數 / 几何级数 (jǐhé jíshù)
* 幾個 / 几个 (jǐgè)
* 幾兒 / 几儿
* 幾兒個 / 几儿个
* 幾內亞 / 几内亚
* 幾內亞比索 / 几内亚比索 (Jǐnèiyà Bǐsuǒ)
* 幾化 / 几化
* 幾回 / 几回
* 幾回價 / 几回价
* 幾多 / 几多 (jǐduō)
* 幾家 / 几家
* 幾家歡樂幾家愁 / 几家欢乐几家愁 (jǐ jiā huānlè jǐ jiā chóu)
* 幾度春風 / 几度春风
* 幾斤幾兩 / 几斤几两 (jǐjīnjǐliǎng)
* 幾時 / 几时 (jǐshí)
* 幾曾 / 几曾 (jǐcéng)
* 幾樣 / 几样
* 幾次 / 几次
* 幾次三番 / 几次三番
* 幾歲 / 几岁 (jǐsuì)
* 幾番 / 几番 (jǐfān)
* 幾番家 / 几番家
* 幾眾 / 几众
* 幾能勾 / 几能勾
* 幾般 / 几般
* 幾若 / 几若 (Min Nan)
* 幾許 / 几许 (jǐxǔ)
* 所剩無幾 / 所剩无几 (suǒshèngwújǐ)
* 新幾內亞 / 新几内亚
* 春秋幾何 / 春秋几何
* 曾幾何時 / 曾几何时 (céngjǐhéshí)
* 未幾 / 未几 (wèijǐ)
* 歐幾里得 / 欧几里得
* 無幾 / 无几 (wújǐ)
* 相交滿天下，知心能幾人 / 相交满天下，知心能几人
* 相去無幾 / 相去无几
* 相差無幾 / 相差无几
* 立體幾何 / 立体几何 (lìtǐ jǐhé)
* 老幾 / 老几 (lǎojǐ)
* 解析幾何 / 解析几何 (jiěxī jǐhé)
* 赤道幾內亞 / 赤道几内亚

##### Descendants

* → Thai: กี่ (gìi, “how many; how much”)
* → Northern Thai: ᨠᩦ᩵
* → Khün: ᨠᩦ᩵
* → Lü: ᦂᦲᧈ (k̇ii¹)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jī (ji$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jǐ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gei$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gai$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ki / kí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gi$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gi$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ci
* 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/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^1$
*** Yale: gēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐi²¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
*** Tâi-lô: ki
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ky
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kí
*** Tâi-lô: kí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kie
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ki⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ki⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gi$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ci
*** MiniDict: ci$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ji
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: kj+j
Rime :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| 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
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjɨj › |
| Old Chinese | /*kəj/ |
| English | small; almost |
| 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 | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| No. | 5795 |
| Phonetic component | 幾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 機 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯl/ |

#### Definitions

幾
* (obsolete) fine; slight; minute
* (obsolete) dangerous
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 機 / 机 (jī, “governmental affairs”)
* (obsolete) symptom of a trend; omen
* almost; nearly
    From: Biography of Cao Man annotation in Records of the Three Kingdoms vol. 1
    Gōng dàxiào yuē: “Jīnrì jǐ wèi xiǎo zéi suǒ kùn hū!” [Pinyin]
    The lord [Cao Cao] laughed out loud and said: "Today I was almost trapped by that little bandit [Ma Chao]!"
    From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
    Zīchǎnjiējí wángùpài wánquán bù zhīdào lìshǐ de biànhuà, qí zhīshi de pínfá jī děngyú líng. [Pinyin]
    The bourgeois die-hards have no understanding whatsoever of historical change; their knowledge is so poor that it is practically nonexistent.

##### Compounds

* 巴布亞紐幾內亞 / 巴布亚纽几内亚
* 幾乎 / 几乎 (jīhū)
* 幾事 / 几事
* 幾內亞 / 几内亚
* 幾內亞比索 / 几内亚比索 (Jǐnèiyà Bǐsuǒ)
* 幾希 / 几希
* 幾微 / 几微
* 幾殆 / 几殆
* 幾社 / 几社
* 幾諫 / 几谏
* 幾頓 / 几顿
* 庶幾 / 庶几 (shùjī)
* 新幾內亞 / 新几内亚
* 極深研幾 / 极深研几
* 歐幾里得 / 欧几里得
* 知幾其神 / 知几其神
* 研幾探賾 / 研几探赜
* 研幾析理 / 研几析理
* 萬幾 / 万几 (wànjī)
* 見幾 / 见几
* 見幾而作 / 见几而作
* 赤道幾內亞 / 赤道几内亚

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jī (ji$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gei$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gei$^1$
*** Yale: gēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kei̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: gj+j
Rime :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 渠希切 |
| Baxter | gj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ge̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 幾 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| No. | 5804 |
| Phonetic component | 幾 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 祈 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯl/ |

#### Definitions

幾
* (obsolete) to be near; to reach; to attain; to achieve

##### Compounds

* 一蹴可幾 / 一蹴可几 (yīcùkějī)

### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jì (ji$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
* 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/

#### Definitions

幾
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 冀 (jì, “to hope; to look forward to”)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 紀 / 纪 (“age; year”)

### Further reading

* “幾”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* how many (いく)
* almost, nearly (ほとんど)
* omen (きざし)
* please (こいねがう)

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
* Kun: いく (iku, 幾, Jōyō)、いくつ (ikutsu, 幾つ)、いくら (ikura, 幾ら)、ほとんど (hotondo, 幾ど)、きざし (kizashi, 幾し)、こいねがう (koinegau, 幾う)
* Nanori: い (i)、く (ku)

#### Compounds

* 幾(いく)程(ほど) (ikuhodo, “how many, how much”)
* 幾(いく)つ (ikutsu, “how old”)
* 幾(いく)ら (ikura, “how many”)
* 幾(いく)人(にん) (ikunin), 幾(いく)人(たる) (ikutaru, “number of people”)
* 幾(き)何(か) (kika), 幾(いく)何(ばく) (ikubaku, “geometry”)
* 幾(き)何(か)学(がく) (kikagaku, “geometry (study of)”)
* 幾(いく)夜(よ) (ikuyo, “number of nights”)
* 幾(いく)夜(よ)も (ikuyo mo, “for several nights”)
* 幾(いく)分(ぶん) (ikubun, “partially”)
* 幾(いく)千(せん) (ikusen, “thousands”)
* 幾(いく)日(にち) (ikunichi, “how many days”)
* 幾(いく)日(にち)も (ikunichi mo, “for some days”)
* 幾(いく)度(ど) (ikudo), 幾(いく)度(たび) (ikutabi, “how often”)
* 幾(いく)度(ど)も (ikudo mo, “frequently”)
* 幾(いく)許(ばく) (ikubaku, “how much”)
* 幾(いく)許(ばく)も無(な)く (ikubaku mo naku, “before long”)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *eku.

### Noun

幾(いく) • (iku)
* some, several

### Prefix

幾(いく) • (iku-)
* how many, how much
    幾(いく)箱(はこ)要(い)りますか。
       Iku-hako irimasu ka.
       How many boxes do you want?
* some, several, having an indefinite number or quantity
    幾(いく)千(せん)と云(い)う人(ひと)
       iku-sen to iu hito
       several thousand people
* some, many, having a considerable number
    幾(いく)日(にち)も行(い)っていた。
       Iku-nichi mo itte ita.
       I was gone for many days.

### References

* ↑ “幾”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

幾 (eumhun 기미 기 (gimi gi))
* hanja form of 기 (“how many, how much”)
* hanja form of 기 (“a few, some”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幾: Hán Nôm readings: cơ, kỉ, ki
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