崎

See also: 埼, 﨑, and 嵜

崎 U+5D0E, 崎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D0E ← 崍 [U+5D0D] CJK Unified Ideographs 崏 → [U+5D0F]

Translingual

Han character

崎 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山大一口 (UKMR), four-corner 2472₁, composition ⿰山奇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 313, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8169
• Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 778, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5D0E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
奇	*kral, *ɡral
畸	*kral
剞	*kral, *kralʔ
羇	*kral
掎	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰrals
攲	*kral, *kralʔ, *kʰral
躸	*kral
踦	*kralʔ, *kʰral
寄	*krals
徛	*krals, *ɡralʔ
欹	*kʰral, *qral
崎	*kʰral, *ɡɯl
觭	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ
碕	*kʰral, *kʰralʔ, *ɡral, *ɡɯl
綺	*kʰralʔ
婍	*kʰralʔ
騎	*ɡral, *ɡrals
琦	*ɡral
鵸	*ɡral
錡	*ɡral, *ɡralʔ, *ŋɡralʔ
輢	*ɡrals, *qralʔ, *qrals
齮	*ŋɡralʔ
犄	*qral
猗	*qral, *qralʔ
椅	*qral, *qralʔ
旖	*qral, *qralʔ
陭	*qral, *qrals
檹	*qral
漪	*qral
倚	*qralʔ, *qrals

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰral, *ɡɯl) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 奇 (OC *kral, *ɡral).

Etymology 1

trad.		崎
simp. #		崎
alternative forms		﨑 嵜 㟢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí, qī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ / kei¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): kĭ / gì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khi / kî / kiâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ / kei¹
    • Yale: kèih / kēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ / kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ / kéi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/, /kʰei̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kĭ / gì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵⁵/, /ki⁵³/

Note: kĭ/gì - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi
    • Tâi-lô: khi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâ
    • Tâi-lô: kiâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /kia²⁴/

Note: khi/kî - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji
    • MiniDict: ji^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: khje, gj+j

Rime
Character	崎	崎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去奇切	渠希切
Baxter	khje	gj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇ/	/ɡɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛ/	/ɡɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɛ/	/ɡiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjiə̆/	/gɨj/
Li Rong	/kʰje/	/ɡiəi/
Wang Li	/kʰǐe/	/ɡĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯/	/ge̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰral/, /*ɡɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崎	崎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9987	10025
Phonetic component	奇	奇
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	㩻	祈
Old Chinese	/*kʰral/	/*ɡɯl/

Definitions

崎

1. Used in 崎嶇／崎岖 (qíqū, “rugged”).
2. (literary) tilted; slanted
3. (literary) curved shore

Compounds

• 崎崟
• 崛崎
• 崎嶇 / 崎岖 (qíqū)
• 崎嶇不平 / 崎岖不平 (qíqūbùpíng)
• 崎嶇鳥道 / 崎岖鸟道
• 嶢崎 / 峣崎
• 嶝崎 (Dèngqí)
• 嶔崎 / 嵚崎 (qīnqí)
• 嶔崎歷落 / 嵚崎历落
• 嶔崎磊落 / 嵚崎磊落
• 川崎 (Chuānqí)
• 川崎症
• 竹崎 (Zhúqí)
• 長崎 / 长崎 (Chángqí)
• 龍崎 / 龙崎 (Lóngqí)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		崎
simp. #		崎
alternative forms		嶇／岖

Homophonous with 徛 (“to stand”) in most surveyed varieties of Hakka.

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ki¹

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ki¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁴⁴/

Definitions

崎

1. (Hakka) steep; precipitous

Synonyms

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• 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
• 岢峻 (kějùn, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
• 岢峨 (kě'é, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 嶜崟 (“dangerously steep”)
• 嶔崟 / 嵚崟 (qīnyín, “dangerously steep”) (literary)
• 巀嶭 (“high, lofty and steep”) (of mountains)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
• 筆陡 / 笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡 (dǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻 / 险峻 (xiǎnjùn, “dangerously steep”)
• 高峻 (gāojùn, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 陡 (“steep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陡峭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	陡
	Taiwan	陡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	陡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	陡
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	陡
	Wuhan	陡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	陡
	Hefei	陡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笡, 徛
	Hong Kong	笡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	笡
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	笡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笡
	Yangjiang	笡
Gan	Nanchang	陡
Hakka	Meixian	崎2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	崎2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	崎2, 笡
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	崎2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	崎2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	崎2
	Wengyuan	崎2
	Jiexi	崎2, 竳
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	竳
	Changting	陡, 崎2
	Wuping (Yanqian)	崎2
	Ninghua	崎2
	Tonggu (Sandu)	陡
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	崎2
	Dayu	崎2, 陡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	崎2
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	崎2
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	崎2
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	崎2
	Hong Kong	崎2
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	笡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	笡
	Xinyi (Sihe)	笡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	笡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	笡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	斜
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	壁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	陡
	Luchuan	斜
Jin	Taiyuan	陡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	崎3, 趖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	崎3
	Fuzhou (Changle)	崎3
	Fuqing	崎3
	Yongtai	崎3
	Gutian	崎3
	Fu'an	崎3
	Ningde	崎3
	Shouning	崎3
	Zhouning	崎3
	Fuding	崎3
Southern Min	Xiamen	崎3, 趨
	Quanzhou	崎3
	Zhangzhou	崎3, 趨
	Taipei	崎3, 趨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	崎3, 趨
	Kaohsiung	崎3, 趨
	Yilan	崎3, 趨
	Changhua (Lukang)	崎3, 趨
	Taichung	崎3
	Tainan	崎3, 趨
	Hsinchu	崎3
	Kinmen	崎3
	Penghu (Magong)	崎3
	Chaozhou	崎3
	Jieyang	崎3
Wu	Shanghai	企
	Suzhou	棧
	Wenzhou	峻
Xiang	Changsha	陡
	Shuangfeng	陡

Etymology 3

trad.		崎
simp. #		崎
alternative forms		徛 企

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kia
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳè
• Eastern Min (BUC): kié
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiā / kiǎ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gia⁶

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kia
    • Hakka Romanization System: gia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯a⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɛ⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiɛ²¹³/

Note: kié - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiā
    • Tâi-lô: kiā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kia
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /kia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung): /kia³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiǎ
    • Tâi-lô: kiǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kia²²/
    • IPA (Lukang): /kia³³/

Note: kiâ/kiǎ - vernacular ("steep", "steps", "slope").

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia³⁵/

Note: gia6 - steep.

Definitions

崎

1. (Min) steep
2. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) slope

   落崎 [Hokkien]  ―  lo̍h kiā [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to go down a slope

3. (Mainland China Hokkien) step (on a flight of stairs)

Synonyms

• (steep):

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• 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
• 岢峻 (kějùn, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
• 岢峨 (kě'é, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 嶜崟 (“dangerously steep”)
• 嶔崟 / 嵚崟 (qīnyín, “dangerously steep”) (literary)
• 巀嶭 (“high, lofty and steep”) (of mountains)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
• 筆陡 / 笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡 (dǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻 / 险峻 (xiǎnjùn, “dangerously steep”)
• 高峻 (gāojùn, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 陡 (“steep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		陡峭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	陡
	Taiwan	陡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	陡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	陡
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	陡
	Wuhan	陡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	陡
	Hefei	陡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	笡, 徛
	Hong Kong	笡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	笡
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	笡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	笡
	Yangjiang	笡
Gan	Nanchang	陡
Hakka	Meixian	崎2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	崎2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	崎2, 笡
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	崎2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	崎2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	崎2
	Wengyuan	崎2
	Jiexi	崎2, 竳
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	竳
	Changting	陡, 崎2
	Wuping (Yanqian)	崎2
	Ninghua	崎2
	Tonggu (Sandu)	陡
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	崎2
	Dayu	崎2, 陡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	崎2
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	崎2
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	崎2
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	崎2
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	崎2
	Hong Kong	崎2
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	笡
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	笡
	Xinyi (Sihe)	笡
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	笡
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	笡
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	斜
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	崎2
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	壁
	Mengshan (Xihe)	陡
	Luchuan	斜
Jin	Taiyuan	陡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	崎3, 趖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	崎3
	Fuzhou (Changle)	崎3
	Fuqing	崎3
	Yongtai	崎3
	Gutian	崎3
	Fu'an	崎3
	Ningde	崎3
	Shouning	崎3
	Zhouning	崎3
	Fuding	崎3
Southern Min	Xiamen	崎3, 趨
	Quanzhou	崎3
	Zhangzhou	崎3, 趨
	Taipei	崎3, 趨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	崎3, 趨
	Kaohsiung	崎3, 趨
	Yilan	崎3, 趨
	Changhua (Lukang)	崎3, 趨
	Taichung	崎3
	Tainan	崎3, 趨
	Hsinchu	崎3
	Kinmen	崎3
	Penghu (Magong)	崎3
	Chaozhou	崎3
	Jieyang	崎3
Wu	Shanghai	企
	Suzhou	棧
	Wenzhou	峻
Xiang	Changsha	陡
	Shuangfeng	陡

• (flight of steps): 階梯／阶梯 (jiētī); (Hokkien) 碣

Derived terms

• 下崎 (Hakka)
• 上崎 (Hokkien)
• 山崎 (Hokkien)
• 崎仔 (Hokkien)
• 崎仔棧 / 崎仔栈 (Hokkien)
• 崎頭 / 崎头 (Hokkien)
• 石崎 (Hokkien)
• 落崎 (Hokkien)

 

References

• “崎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (now nonstandard and only remaining in given names) 﨑, 嵜

Kanji

崎

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. peninsula; promontory; cape; spit

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: さき (saki, 崎, Jōyō)、みさき (misaki, 崎)、けわしい (kewashii)

Compounds

• 長崎(ながさき) (Nagasaki)
• 宮崎(みやざき) (Miyazaki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
崎
さき Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
埼 岬 (irregular) 碕 (rare)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さき [sàkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) さき [sáꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) さき [sàkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kʲi]

Noun

崎(さき) • (saki) 

1. (geography) small peninsula
2. (geography) cape

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
崎
みさき Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 崎 – see the following entry.

【岬みさき】S [noun] [from 720] (geography) cape, promontory, point Alternative spelling 碕

(This term, 崎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

崎: Hán Nôm readings: khi, kì

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