锜 · qí
a kind of pen; a kind of chisel
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
a kind of pen; a kind of chisel
- Mandarin
- qí
- Cantonese
- kei4
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+951C
- Radical
- 钅 · 167
- Strokes
- 13 · Unihan
- Residual
- 8
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
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 锜
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
錡
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- qí
- kCantonese
- kei4
- kDefinition
- a kind of pen; a kind of chisel
- kTotalStrokes
- 13
- kRSUnicode
- 167'.8
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+9321
- kTGH
- 2013:5484
Readings across dictionaries
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- qí 0897.050
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- qí 292.090