Hanja Analyzer
淇

淇 — gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물이름 기
Romanization
gi
English
river in Henan province
Mandarin
qí
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
其(기)
Unicode
U+6DC7

Parts that make up 淇

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 其 그 기sound 두 손으로 든 키[箕]‘기’ 계열의 소리

How 淇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 淇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 其.

Korean example words with 淇

  • 기수淇水 Korean gloss: 중국 허난 성(河南省) 안양 시(安陽市)를 서남으로 흐르는 강. ⇒규범 표기는 ‘치수이 강’이다.
  • 기원장淇園長 Korean gloss: ‘대나무’를 달리 이르는 말.

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

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 水

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