蹊

蹊 · qī / xī

footpath, trail; track

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
qī · xī
Cantonese
hai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

footpath, trail; track

Dictionary definitions & readings

蹊 qī · used in 蹊蹺 qī qiāo; Taiwan pr. xī

蹊 xī · (literary) footpath

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63729.080:xī,qī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0894.100:qī 1229.090:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
290.170:qī 393.150:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵hai4 qī粵kei1,kai1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ ゲイ まつ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
혜:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡雞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RMBVK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6213.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1231.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
089.19 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0876l Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8E4A
Radical
足 · 157
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6229

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
蹊
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
hej · 胡雞 · 蟹開四平齊匣 · #304

PHONO-ML, source line 2874; 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
1293.202
kCowles
967
kDaeJaweon
1703.060
kGSR
0876l
kHanYu
63729.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1703.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63729.080
kIRGKangXi
1231.070
kKangXi
1231.070
kKarlgren
126
kMatthews
2429
kMeyerWempe
1011a
kMorohashi
37747 37747:E0102
kNelson
4576
kSBGY
089.19
kSMSZD2003Index
679.14
kCangjie
RMBVK
kFourCornerCode
6213.4
kHKGlyph
4002
kMojiJoho
MJ025396 MJ025396:E0102 MJ025397:E0103
kPhonetic
427
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7568
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1D1
kIRG_JSource
J0-6C7E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F5D9
kIRG_KSource
K0-7B37
kIRG_TSource
T1-755C
kRSUnicode
157.10
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C1D1
kCCCII
215A77
kCNS1986
1-755C
kCNS1992
1-755C
kEACC
215A77
kGB0
8572
kGB1
8572
kJis0
7694
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6459
kTGH
2013:6229
kTaiwanTelegraph
6459
kXerox
275:242
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6815+157.7.10 V+14226+157.7.8
kCantonese
hai4
kDefinition
footpath, trail; track
kFanqie
胡雞
kHangul
혜:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63729.080:xī,qī
kJapanese
ケイ ゲイ まつ
kJapaneseKun
KOMICHI WATARU
kJapaneseOn
KEI
kKorean
HYEY
kMandarin
qī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵hai4 qī粵kei1,kai1
kTGHZ2013
290.170:qī 393.150:xī
kTang
hei
kXHC1983
0894.100:qī 1229.090:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
7dictionary records using 蹊0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰𧾷奚$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.