技

技	U+6280, 技 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6280

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

技 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手十水 (QJE), four-corner 5404₇, composition ⿰扌支)

Derived characters

𠴜, 𫽂, 𢴛, 𰍸, 庪, 𪨵, 𪮣, 𨅅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 420, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11855
Dae Jaweon: page 767, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1834, character 4
Unihan data for U+6280

Chinese

simp. and trad.		技

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 技
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (支) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	kje, ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	kje, qʰjes, kes, ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	kjes, ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	qʰjes, ɡe
妓	kre, ɡreʔ
庋	kreʔ, kʷreʔ
跂	kʰeʔ, kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	kʰes, ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	ɡre, ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	kʷreʔ, kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje) – skill with one’s hands, artisan.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî
Northern Min (KCR): gí
Eastern Min (BUC): gê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kī / kǐ / ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): gi⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jì
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴
  - Yale: jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei⁶
  - Yale: geih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
  - Tâi-lô: kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐ
  - Tâi-lô: kǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
  - Tâi-lô: ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ky
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/

Note:

kī/kǐ - literary;
ki - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: gi⁶
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kĭ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki³⁵/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji
  - MiniDict: ji^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 技
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕi⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑi²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑi¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡zz̩³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰi²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕi⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰi⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ki²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kei²²/
	Nanning	/ki²²/
	Hong Kong	/kei²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ki²²/ /ki⁵⁵/ 俗
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɛi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ki⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ki³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ki³⁵/

Middle Chinese: gjeX

Rime
Character	技
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠綺切
Baxter	gjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɛ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɡje^X/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]reʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡreʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	技
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ gje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]reʔ/
English	skill
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	技
Reading #	1/1
No.	17229
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	技
Old Chinese	/*ɡreʔ/

Definitions

技

skill; ability; talent; artistry; technique
ingenuity; creativity; inventiveness
^† singing and dancing, or one who is skilled in singing and dancing; actor or actress
^† craftsman; artisan

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

技

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ぎ (gi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: き (ki)
Kun: わざ (waza, 技, Jōyō)

Noun

Kanji in this term
技
わざ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
技
ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

技(わざ) or 技(ワザ) or 技(ぎ) • (waza or gi)

technique, art, skill

Korean

Hanja

技 (eumhun 재주 기 (jaeju gi))

hanja form^? of 기 (“skill”)

Vietnamese

Han character

技: Hán Nôm readings: kĩ, kỹ

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