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
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kî

  (Hailu, HRS): gi^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): gĭ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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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 (jiàngjī)

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–
• “乩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #8360”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “乩”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 98.

Japanese

Kanji

乩

(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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