乩

See also: 稽

乩 U+4E69, 乩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E69 ← 乨 [U+4E68] CJK Unified Ideographs 乪 → [U+4E6A]

Translingual

Han character

乩 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 難卜口山 (XYRU) or 卜口山 (YRU), four-corner 2261₀, composition ⿰占乚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 182
• Dae Jaweon: page 171, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 53, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E69

Chinese

simp. and trad.		乩
alternative forms		卟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kiː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	乩
Reading #	1/1
No.	5619
Phonetic component	乩
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kiː/
Notes	同卟

Definitions

乩

1. method of divination involving planchette writing
2. Alternative form of 稽 (“to divine”)

Compounds

• 乩仙
• 乩壇／乩坛
• 乩士
• 乩童 (jītóng)
• 乩筆／乩笔
• 扶乩 (fújī)
• 降乩

 

References

• “乩”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

乩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to divine; alternative form of 卟 or 稽.

Readings

• Go-on: けい (kei)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: うらなう (uranau, 乩う)^{←うらなふ (uranafu, 乩ふ, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

乩 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye)

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