衹

See also: 祗, 祇, 秖, and 只

衹 U+8879, 衹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8879 ← 衸 [U+8878] CJK Unified Ideographs 衺 → [U+887A]

Translingual

Han character

衹 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中竹女心 (LHVP), four-corner 3224₀, composition ⿰衤氏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1112, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34141
• Dae Jaweon: page 1578, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3079, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8879

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 衹 – see 只 (“only; just; simply; merely; originally; at first; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 只).

Etymology 2

trad.		衹
simp.		只*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí (qi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²
    • Yale: chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kei⁴
    • Yale: kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gjie

Rime
Character	衹
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨支切
Baxter	gjie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giə̆/
Li Rong	/ɡie/
Wang Li	/ɡǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡe/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衹
Reading #	2/2
No.	11527
Phonetic component	氏
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祇
Old Chinese	/*ɡe/

Definitions

衹

1. Used in 衹衼 (“clothing worn by monks and nuns”).
2. Alternative form of 祇 (qí)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 衹 – see 緹. (This character is a variant form of 緹).

Japanese

Kanji

衹

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)、し (shi)、てい (tei)、たい (tai)
• Kun: たまたま (tamatama)