芰

芰 · jì

water caltrop

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jì
Cantonese
gei6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

water caltrop

Dictionary definitions & readings

芰 jì · (archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53178.080:jì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0533.050:jì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
158.010:jì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jì粵gei6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ ギ ひし Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
기:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
奇寄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TJE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4440.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1020.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
347.18 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0864l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+82B0
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6569

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
芰
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 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
gjeH · 奇寄 · 止開三去支群 · #2165

PHONO-ML, source line 12712; 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
1125.301
kDaeJaweon
1478.040
kGSR
0864l
kHanYu
53178.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1478.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53178.080
kIRGKangXi
1020.180
kKangXi
1020.180
kMorohashi
30733:E0102
kSBGY
347.18
kSMSZD2003Index
573.01
kCangjie
TJE
kFourCornerCode
4440.7
kMojiJoho
MJ021590 MJ021590:E0101 MJ021589:E0102
kPhonetic
130
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C41
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AAE7
kIRG_JSource
J1-5746
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D36
kIRG_KSource
K1-5B7B
kIRG_TSource
T1-4F4A
kRSUnicode
140.4
kTotalStrokes
7
kBigFive
AAE7
kCCCII
227C3A
kCNS1986
1-4F4A
kCNS1992
1-4F4A
kEACC
227C3A
kGB0
6033
kGB1
6033
kJis1
5538
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5362
kTGH
2013:6569
kTaiwanTelegraph
5362
kXerox
306:074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19734+65.4.3 C+19734+140.3.4
kCantonese
gei6
kDefinition
water caltrop
kFanqie
奇寄
kHangul
기:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53178.080:jì
kJapanese
キ ギ ひし
kJapaneseKun
HISHI
kJapaneseOn
KI GI
kKorean
KI
kMandarin
jì
kSMSZD2003Readings
jì粵gei6
kTGHZ2013
158.010:jì
kTang
ghyiɛ̀
kXHC1983
0533.050:jì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 芰0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 支 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱艹支$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹支$(GHTJKP)

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