幾 · jǐ
how many? how much?; a few, some
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
how many? how much?; a few, some
- Mandarin
- jǐ
- Cantonese
- gei2
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 幾 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
Go deeperJisho ↗Wiktionary ↗
Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
Go deeperNaver Hanja ↗Wiktionary ↗
Reading sources explained
- 기
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5E7E
- Radical
- 幺 · 52
- Strokes
- 12 · Unihan
- Residual
- 9
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
12 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 幾
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 戍 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 戍聲
Line 8939 · ⿱𢆶戍 · 戍聲 · source reference 1240030
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- gjɨj · 渠希 反切 · #218
- Middle Chinese
- kjɨj · 居依 反切 · #219
- Middle Chinese
- kjɨjX · 居狶 反切 · #1314
- Middle Chinese
- gjɨjH · 其旣 反切 · #2289
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 1845 · gjɨj = 止開三平微群 · kjɨj = 止開三平微見 · kjɨjX = 止開三上微見 · gjɨjH = 止開三去微群
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- jǐ
- kCantonese
- gei2
- kDefinition
- how many? how much?; a few, some
- kTotalStrokes
- 12
- kRSUnicode
- 52.9
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+51E0
- kGradeLevel
- 1
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- jī,jǐ,jì,qí 21095.080
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- jī 0521.051 · jǐ 0531.041
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- jǐ(2512)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- jǐ粵gei2 jī粵gei1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 渠希 居依 居狶 其旣
- Kangxi positions
- 0342.140
- Guangyun positions
- 065.16 065.31 255.05 361.39
- GSR references
- 0547a
- Cangjie
- VIHI
- Four-corner
- 2225.3