谿

See also: 溪

谿	U+8C3F, 谿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C3F

← 谾
[U+8C3E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

豀 →
[U+8C40]

Translingual

Han character

谿 (Kangxi radical 150, 谷+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 月大金人口 (BKCOR), four-corner 2846₈, composition ⿰奚谷)

valley, gorge
mountain stream

Derived characters

𧕉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1190, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36219
Dae Jaweon: page 1653, character 20
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3905, character 8
Unihan data for U+8C3F

Chinese

trad.		谿
simp.		溪^*
alternative forms		溪嵠豀磎𥡙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
謑	qʰraːs, qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	ɡreː, ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	kʰeː, ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	ɡeː, ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	ɡeː, ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kai¹
  - Yale: kāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ke¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ke¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰe⁵⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: khej

Rime
Character	谿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦奚切
Baxter	khej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	谿
Reading #	1/1
No.	13358
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/

Definitions

谿

alternative form of 溪
valley; gorge
谿谷 ― xīgǔ ― valley; gorge
Used in place names.
慈谿 ― Cíxī ― Cixi, Zhejiang
a surname, Xi

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī, qī (ji¹, qi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ, ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴ / kai¹

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/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hai⁴ / kai¹
  - Yale: hàih / kāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴ / kai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴ / kei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/, /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

谿

only used in 勃谿 (bójī)
only used in 蠰谿

Usage notes

In Mainland China's Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), this character is simplified into 溪 (xī) except when used in personal names. It is considered a variant of 溪 (xī), hence the second readings that are also suggested by the majority of modern dictionaries.

References

“谿”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
(Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谿”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.