几

几 U+51E0, 几 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E0 ← 凟 [U+51DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 凡 → [U+51E1]

⼏ U+2F0F, ⼏ KANGXI RADICAL TABLE ← ⼎ [U+2F0E] Kangxi Radicals ⼐ → [U+2F10]

Stroke order

Stroke order

几 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 7721₀, composition ⿰丿㇈)

1. Kangxi radical #16, ⼏.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493

This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/几
• 仉, 叽, 𡚫, 㞦, 𢁒, 𢎪, 𢖯, 𢩫, 㲹, 𤜝, 𨸔, 机, 𭭙, 𣦽, 𣬠, 玑, 肌, 矶, 𥘌, 𬓠, 竌, 䘛, 籶, 𥾊, 𰭗, 𫇔, 虮, 𮗸, 𧺋, 𧾾, 䡄, 𨱙, 釠(𰽕), 𮓟, 𩉜, 飢(饥), 𩨒, 𮬥, 𪊋, 𣽳, 𧇔, 𧶹, 𪗗
• 亢, 𡯂, 冗, 𭅠, 宂, 𫵳, 𭙍, 芁, 𣱻, 𠫞, 𤴪, 𥃯, 秃, 𥤤, 𥩕, 𦒲, 虎, 𧘊, 𧟣, 咒, 壳, 𢆻, 亮, 𩁸, 𣑽, 𧦕, 髠, 焭, 𪎑, 麂, 𨳋, 𭍚
• 䢳, 𧆡, 𩑏, 𬺲, 𧦔, 斻, 𣃲
• 讥, 机 (Simplified from 譏, 機 in traditional Chinese)
• See also 𠘧#Derived characters
• See also 𠘨#Derived characters

• 幾 (Traditional form of 几)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
• Unihan data for U+51E0

Pictogram (象形) – stool (viewed from the side). The original version was 𠀃, in which the horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor and/or the ground.

See also the bottom component of 其, 真, and 典, in which 八 is the stylization of the legs of a table.

Unrelated to 鉛, in which the top component is a stylization of 八, representing stagnant water.

simp. and trad.		几
alternative forms		𠀃 机

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, leg; stool”). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).

几

1. ^† stool; chair

   • 謀於長者，必操几杖以從之。長者問，不辭讓而對，非禮也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     谋于长者，必操几杖以从之。长者问，不辞让而对，非礼也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Móu yú zhǎngzhě, bì cāo jī zhàng yǐ cóng zhī. Zhǎngzhě wèn, bù círàng ér duì, fēilǐ yě. [Pinyin]

     In going to take counsel with an elder, one must carry a stool and a staff with him (for the elder's use). When the elder asks a question, to reply without acknowledging one's incompetency and (trying to) decline answering, is contrary to propriety.

2. long narrow table; bench
3. small table

   茶几  ―  chájī  ―  tea table

Others:

• → Vietnamese: ghế (“chair”)

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 幾 (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 幾).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 人).

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 明 (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 明).

For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 𠘧 (“Refers to the wings of a bird in flight.; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 𠘧).

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. table, table enclosure
2. table or wind radical

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: つくえ (tsukue, 几)
• Nanori: おしまずき (oshimazuki)

• 几案(きあん) (kian)
• 几下(きか) (kika)
• 几帳(きちょう) (kichō)
• 床几(しょうぎ) (shōgi)

几 (eumhun 안석 궤 (anseok gwe))

1. back rest
2. desk

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

几: Hán Nôm readings: kỉ

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