漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
岐: branch off, fork in road
Also: scene, arena, theater
JLPT N17 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
山 carries the meaning · 支 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 多岐たきdiverse; various; wide-ranging
- 岐路きろforked road; crossroads
- 分岐ぶんきdivergence; ramification; bifurcation
- 分岐点ぶんきてんfork; junction; diverging point
ギgi · on'yomi
- 岐阜ぎふGifu (city, prefecture)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall and look at the horizon! Three peaks reach for the clouds in perfect harmony.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side岐 branch off · 山
vs伎 deed · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qí
Same form: 岐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 岐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 岐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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