Hanja Analyzer
期

期 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기약할 기
Romanization
gi
English
period of time; date; time limit
Mandarin
qī
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ゴ, ギ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#117 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
朞
Radical
月 (74, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
其(기)
Unicode
U+671F

Parts that make up 期

  • 其 그 기sound 두 손으로 든 키[箕]‘기’ 계열의 소리
  • 月 달 월 이지러진 달달과 때. 肉 이 왼쪽·아래에 올 때와 모양이 같다

How 期 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 期 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 其, 日.

Korean example words with 期

  • 이기二期 Korean gloss: 두 기간
  • 단기短期 Korean gloss: 짧은 기간
  • 소기所期 Korean gloss: 기대한 바
  • 조기早期 Korean gloss: 이른 시기
  • 차기次期 Korean gloss: 다음 시기
  • 춘기春期 Korean gloss: 봄의 시기
  • 호기好期 Korean gloss: 좋은 시기
  • 동기冬期 Korean gloss: 겨울의 시기
  • 실기失期 Korean gloss: 시기를 놓침
  • 적기適期 Korean gloss: 알맞은 시기
  • 추기秋期 Korean gloss: 가을의 시기
  • 하기夏期 Korean gloss: 여름의 시기

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 期

  • 期間きかん period; term; interval
  • 期待きたい expectation; anticipation; hope
  • 時期じき time; season; period
  • 早期そうき early stage
  • 長期ちょうき long-term
  • 期限きげん term; period; time frame
  • 定期ていき fixed period; fixed term; regular
  • 任期にんき term of office
  • 次期じき next term; next period; next version
  • 短期たんき short-term
  • 同期どうき same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.)
  • 会期かいき session (of a legislature)

Characters sharing the phonetic 其

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “기” in Korean.

Other hanja read “기”

Other hanja with radical 月

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