# 畦

| 畦 | U+7566, &#30054; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7566 |
| ← 略 [U+7565] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 畧 → [U+7567] |

## Translingual
### Han character

畦 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 田土土 (WGG), four-corner 6401$_4$, composition ⿰田圭)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 762, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21842
* Dae Jaweon: page 1172, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2539, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7566

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷeː) : semantic 田 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qí, xī (qi$^2$, xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwai$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hê / 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/
** (Standard Chinese, literary variant in Taiwan)
*** 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: kwai$^4$
*** Yale: kwàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐi̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
*** Tâi-lô: hê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hee
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /he²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
*** Tâi-lô: kî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kii
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /ki²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hwej
Rime :
| Character | 畦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 戸圭切 |
| Baxter | hwej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuei/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣiwei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɣiwei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷeː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 畦 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4590 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 攜 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷeː/ |

### Definitions

畦
* (obsolete) A unit of surface area, equal to 25 or 50 mu (畝／亩 (mǔ))
* ridge-bordered rectangular section of land in a field
* (obsolete) to divide a field into sections and cultivate

#### Compounds

* 分畦
* 圃畦
* 夏畦
* 田畦
* 町畦
* 畛畦
* 畦丁
* 畦作
* 畦溝灌溉／畦沟灌溉
* 畦田
* 畦畛
* 畦逕／畦迳
* 稻畦
* 花畦
* 菜畦 (càiqí)
* 飄畦／飘畦
* 麥畦／麦畦

### References

* “畦”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rice paddy ridge
* furrow
* rib

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: あぜ (aze, 畦)、うね (une, 畦)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 畦
* あぜ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry. :
| 【あぜ】 | [noun] 畔, 畦: ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves Alternative spelling 畔 |
(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 畦
* あ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry. :
| 【あ】 | [noun] (obsolete) ridge between rice fields; ridge between groves Alternative spelling 畔 |
(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 畦
* うね Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 畦 – see the following entry. :
| 【うね】 | [noun] a raised ridge of earth in a field [noun] rib Alternative spelling 畝 |
(This term, 畦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

畦 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)
* sections in vegetable farm