祇

See also: 衹 and 祗
祇 U+7947, 祇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7947
← 祆
[U+7946] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 祈 →
[U+7948]

Translingual

Han character

祇 (radical 113, 示+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹女心 (IFHVP), four-corner 32240, composition ⿰礻氏)

Derived characters

  • 𭉌

References

  • KangXi: page 840, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24639
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1258, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2389, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7947

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (氏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
氏 *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ
衹 *kje, *ɡe
紙 *kjeʔ
帋 *kjeʔ
扺 *kjeʔ
坁 *kjeʔ
汦 *kjeʔ, *tjil
忯 *ɡje, *ɡe
眂 *ɡje, *ɡils
舐 *ɦljeʔ
芪 *ɡe
祇 *ɡe
疧 *ɡe
軝 *ɡe
蚔 *ɡe

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 祇

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 祇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /giə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ɡie/
Wang
Li		 /ɡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qí
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 祇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjie ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k.d]e/ (dialect: *k.d- > *ɡ.d- > *ɡ-, no palatalization)
English earth spirit

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 祇
Reading # 1/1
No. 11526
Phonetic
component		 氏
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 祇
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡe/

Definitions

祇

  1. earth spirit
  2. † big
  3. to feel relieved; to be at ease
  4. this

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 祇 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; this; etc.”).
(This character, 祇, is a variant traditional form of 只.)

Japanese

Kanji

祇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): き (ki); ぎ (gi); し (shi)
  • Kun: くにつかみ (kunitsukami, 祇); ただ (tada, 祇); まさに (masani)

Korean

Hanja

祇 • (gi, ji) (hangeul 기, 지, revised gi, ji, McCune–Reischauer ki, chi, Yale ki, ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

祇 (chỉ, kì)

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