跂

跂 · qí

creeping, crawling

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qí
Cantonese
kei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

creeping, crawling

Dictionary definitions & readings

跂 jī · foot

跂 qí · sixth (extra) toe; to crawl

跂 qǐ · to climb; to hope

跂 qì · to stand on tiptoe; to sit with feet hanging

跂 zhī · see 踶跂 dì zhī

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63689.060:qí,qǐ,qì,jī,zhī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0896.100:qí 0902.120:qì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
291.200:qí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
qí粵kei4 qì粵kei5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ ギ シ リ ゲキ ケキ むつゆび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
기:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
巨支 丘弭 去智 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMJE Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6414.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1222.250 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
044.21 247.01 348.32 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0864g Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8DC2
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7163

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
跂
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 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
gjie · 巨支 · 止開三平支群 · #105
Middle Chinese
khjeX · 丘弭 · 止開三上支溪 · #1248
Middle Chinese
khjieH · 去智 · 止開三去支溪 · #2176

PHONO-ML, source line 896; 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
1288.305
kDaeJaweon
1694.070
kGSR
0864g
kHanYu
63689.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1694.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63689.060
kIRGKangXi
1222.250
kKangXi
1222.250
kMatthews
524
kMeyerWempe
1124a
kMorohashi
37416
kSBGY
044.21 247.01 348.32
kSMSZD2003Index
675.01
kCangjie
RMJE
kFourCornerCode
6414.7
kMojiJoho
MJ025256
kPhonetic
130
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-6F51
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D7D7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6C65
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7A6C
kIRG_KSource
K1-5C24
kIRG_TSource
T2-395A
kRSUnicode
157.4
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D7D7
kCCCII
233871
kCNS1986
2-395A
kCNS1992
2-395A
kEACC
233871
kGB3
7949
kJis0
7669
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:7163
kTaiwanTelegraph
6404
kXerox
270:106
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6790+65.4.7 C+6790+157.7.4
kCantonese
kei4
kDefinition
creeping, crawling
kFanqie
巨支 丘弭 去智
kHangul
기:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63689.060:qí,qǐ,qì,jī,zhī
kJapanese
キ ギ シ リ ゲキ ケキ むつゆび
kJapaneseKun
MUTSUYUBI
kJapaneseOn
KI GI SHI
kKorean
KI
kMandarin
qí
kSMSZD2003Readings
qí粵kei4 qì粵kei5
kTGHZ2013
291.200:qí
kXHC1983
0896.100:qí 0902.120:qì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
12dictionary records using 跂0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷支$(GHTJKP)

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