篪

篪 · chí

a bamboo flute with seven holes

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chí
Cantonese
ci4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a bamboo flute with seven holes

Dictionary definitions & readings

篪 chí · bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53002.040:chí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0143.070:chí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
046.030:chí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chí粵ci4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チ ジ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
지:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直離 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HHYU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8821.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0895.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
049.26 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0870c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7BEA
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6127

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
篪
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drje · 直離 · 止開三平支澄 · #126

PHONO-ML, source line 1137; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1020.103
kDaeJaweon
1322.100
kGSR
0870c
kHanYu
53002.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1322.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53002.040
kIRGKangXi
0895.080
kKangXi
0895.080
kMatthews
1027
kMorohashi
26360
kSBGY
049.26
kSMSZD2003Index
505.10
kCangjie
HHYU
kFourCornerCode
8821.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019626
kPhonetic
1175
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7378
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EAC1
kIRG_JSource
J14-7362
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64C9
kIRG_KSource
K1-6E22
kIRG_TSource
T2-592D
kRSUnicode
118.10
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EAC1
kCCCII
226D37
kCNS1986
2-592D
kCNS1992
2-592D
kEACC
3A6A7C
kGB0
8388
kGB1
8388
kJIS0213
2,83,66
kJis1
5051
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4654
kTGH
2013:6127
kTaiwanTelegraph
4654
kXerox
305:241
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18307+118.6.10
kCantonese
ci4
kDefinition
a bamboo flute with seven holes
kFanqie
直離
kHangul
지:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53002.040:chí
kJapanese
チ ジ
kJapaneseKun
HUE
kJapaneseOn
CHI JI
kKorean
CI
kMandarin
chí
kSMSZD2003Readings
chí粵ci4
kTGHZ2013
046.030:chí
kTang
djhiɛ
kXHC1983
0143.070:chí
kSemanticVariant
U+7B8E<kMatthews

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 篪0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
𥫗 above 虒 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱𥫗虒$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗虒$(GHTJKP)

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