基

基 U+57FA, 基
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57FA
← 培
[U+57F9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 埻 →
[U+57FB]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

基 (radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱其土)

References

  • KangXi: page 231, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5197
  • Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 449, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+57FA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 基
alt. forms 𡉊
𡉝
𡋵
踑
𨄎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 基
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (其) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
基 *kɯ
箕 *kɯ
朞 *kɯ
稘 *kɯ
萁 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
期 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諅 *kɯ, *ɡɯs
其 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
錤 *kɯ, *ɡɯ
諆 *kɯ, *kʰɯ
欺 *kʰɯ
娸 *kʰɯ
魌 *kʰɯ
僛 *kʰɯ
唭 *kʰɯs
棋 *ɡɯ
旗 *ɡɯ
淇 *ɡɯ
祺 *ɡɯ, *ɡɯ
琪 *ɡɯ
騏 *ɡɯ
綦 *ɡɯ
麒 *ɡɯ
蜞 *ɡɯ
綨 *ɡɯ
蜝 *ɡɯ
棊 *ɡɯ
碁 *ɡɯ
鯕 *ɡɯ
踑 *ɡɯ
藄 *ɡɯ
櫀 *ɡɯ
璂 *ɡɯ
禥 *ɡɯ
惎 *ɡɯs
帺 *ɡɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.

Etymology

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“Gay”: borrowed from English gay into Cantonese, then from Cantonese to Mandarin.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 基
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居之切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɨ/
Li
Rong		 /kiə/
Wang
Li		 /kĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jī
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 基
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ki ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k(r)ə/
English base (n.)

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 基
Reading # 1/1
No. 9930
Phonetic
component		 其
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 姬
Old
Chinese		 /*kɯ/

Definitions

基

  1. foot of a wall; foundation
  2. base of any building; foundations; basis
  3. (figuratively) basis; foundation; base
  4. † to lay a foundation
  5. cardinal; basic; capital
  6. (chemistry) radical; group
  7. † Alternative form of 朞 (“whole year, month or day”).
  8. (loanword, neologism, slang) gay; homosexual
    搞基  ―  gǎojī  ―  to be gay; to engage in homosexual activities
    基友  ―  jīyǒu  ―  gay buddy

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

基

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. base
  2. be based on

Readings

Compounds

  • 基本給
  • 基本単位
  • 基本的人権

References

Proper noun

基 (hiragana もとい, rōmaji Motoi)

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname​.

Noun

Kanji in this term
基
もと
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

基 (hiragana もと, rōmaji moto)

  1. Alternative form of 元

Korean

Hanja

基 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

基 (cơ)

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