几 U+51E0, 几 ← 凟[U+51DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 凡 →[U+51E1] ⼏ U+2F0F, ⼏ ← ⼎[U+2F0E] Kangxi Radicals ⼐ →[U+2F10] Stroke order Stroke order
几 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+0, 2 strokes, Cangjie input 竹弓 (HN), four-corner 77210, composition ⿰丿㇈)
- Kangxi radical #16, ⼏.
- Shuōwén Jiězì radical №493
This character is not to be confused with 𠘧 (U+20627) which is another radical in Shuōwén.
- Appendix:Chinese radical/几
- 仉, 叽, 𡚫, 㞦, 𢁒, 𢎪, 𢖯, 𢩫, 㲹, 𤜝, 𨸔, 机, 𭭙, 𣦽, 𣬠, 玑, 肌, 矶, 𥘌, 𬓠, 竌, 䘛, 籶, 𥾊, 𰭗, 𫇔, 虮, 𮗸, 𧺋, 𧾾, 䡄, 𨱙, 釠(𰽕), 𮓟, 𩉜, 飢(饥), 𩨒, 𮬥, 𪊋, 𣽳, 𧇔, 𧶹, 𪗗
- 亢, 𡯂, 冗, 𭅠, 宂, 𫵳, 𭙍, 芁, 𣱻, 𠫞, 𤴪, 𥃯, 秃, 𥤤, 𥩕, 𦒲, 虎, 𧘊, 𧟣, 咒, 壳, 𢆻, 亮, 𩁸, 𣑽, 𧦕, 髠, 焭, 𪎑, 麂, 𨳋, 𭍚
- 䢳, 𧆡, 𩑏, 𬺲, 𧦔, 斻, 𣃲
- 讥, 机 (Simplified from 譏, 機 in traditional Chinese)
- See also 𠘧#Derived characters
- See also 𠘨#Derived characters
- 幾 (Traditional form of 几)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 133, character 57
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1737
- Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 275, character 19
- Unihan data for U+51E0
Pictogram (象形) – a small stool viewed from the side. The original version was 𠀃, in which the horizontal stroke at the bottom represents the floor and/or the ground.
See also the bottom component of 其, 真, and 典, in which 八 is the stylization of the legs of a table.
Unrelated to 鉛, in which the top component is a stylization of 八, representing stagnant water. Also unrelated to 朵, 凡, and 殳.
simp. and trad. 几 alternative forms 𠀃机
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, leg; stool”). Compare Tibetan ཁྲི (khri) and Burmese ခြေ (hkre).
几
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stool; chair
- 謀於長者，必操几杖以從之。長者問，不辭讓而對，非禮也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]谋于长者，必操几杖以从之。长者问，不辞让而对，非礼也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCEMóu yú zhǎngzhě, bì cāo jī zhàng yǐ cóng zhī. Zhǎngzhě wèn, bù círàng ér duì, fēilǐ yě. [Pinyin]In going to take counsel with an elder, one must carry a stool and a staff with him (for the elder’s use). When the elder asks a question, to reply without acknowledging one’s incompetency and (trying to) decline answering, is contrary to propriety.
- long narrow table; bench
- small table 茶几 ― chájī ― tea table
Others:
- → Vietnamese: ghế (“chair”)
For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 幾 (“how much; how many; what; which; etc.”).(This character is the simplified form of 幾).Notes:
- Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
- Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 人 (“man; person; people; a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er; etc.”).(This character is a variant form of 人). For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 明 (“bright; light; brilliant; clear; limpid; etc.”).(This character is an ancient form of 明). For pronunciation and definitions of 几 – see 𠘧 (“refers to the wings of a bird in flight; etc.”).(This character is a variant form of 𠘧).
(Hyōgai kanji)
- table, table enclosure
- table or wind radical
- Go-on: き (ki)
- Kan-on: き (ki)
- Kun: つくえ (tsukue, 几)
- Nanori: おしまずき (oshimazuki)
- 几案(きあん) (kian)
- 几下(きか) (kika)
- 几帳(きちょう) (kichō)
- 床几(しょうぎ) (shōgi)
- “▲几”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
几 (eumhun 안석 궤 (anseok gwe))
- back rest
- desk
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
几: Hán Việt readings: kỉ[1][2][3][4][5][6] 几: Nôm readings: kẻ[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], ghế[2][3][4][5][6][7], kẽ[1][2][3][6], kĩ[1][2][3], kệ[2], kể[6]
- chữ Hán form of kỉ (“(dated) a kind of bench or couch”)
- chữ Nôm form of kẻ (“(derogatory) individual, person, man”)
- chữ Nôm form of kẽ (“crevice, crack, seam”)
- chữ Nôm form of kĩ (“careful; thorough”)
