齊

齊 (Kangxi radical 210, 齊+0, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜X (YX), four-corner 0022₃, composition ⿳亠⿲刀丫⿸⿱丿𠄌㇏⿲丿二丨)

1. Kangxi radical #210, ⿑.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/齊
• 儕, 嚌, 𪤪, 𡣙, 𡽉, 懠, 擠, 濟, 隮, 𬩣, 𬀛, 𣋠, 櫅, 㸄, 璾, 䄢, 臍, 𥐌, 𥖭, 穧, 𧞓, 纃, 艩, 蠐, 䜞, 𧾙, 躋, 𨣧, 鑇, 䭣, 䮺, 鱭, 𪊆, 䶩
• 劑, 𬪜, 𧓉, 𧖊, 薺, 𮊞, 䍤, 霽, 癠, 麡

• KangXi: page 1531, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48560
• Dae Jaweon: page 2068, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4783, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F4A

Historical forms of the character 齊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogram (指事) : a field of grain, hence of uniform height.

Either related to Mizo čelʔᴸ (“equal, to endure”) or, more phonologically likely, Tibetan ཚིར (tshir, “queue, order, succession”) as Tibetan /tsʰir/'s final /-r/ can explain the Middle Chinese retroflex initial of 儕 (OC *zriːl), which is derived from 齊 (OC *zliːl).

齊

1. even; uniform; of equal length

   牙齒長得不齊。／牙齿长得不齐。  ―  Yáchǐ zhǎnɡ de bù qí.  ―  The teeth are uneven.

2. same; identical

   • 「見賢思齊焉，見不賢而內自省也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     “见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     “jiànxiánsīqí yān, jiàn bù xián ér nèi zì xǐng yě.” [Pinyin]

     "When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

3. complete

   人都來齊了嗎？／人都来齐了吗？  ―  Rén dōu lái qí le ma?  ―  Has everyone arrived?

   我把東西準備齊了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我把东西准备齐了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bǎ dōngxī zhǔnbèi qí le. [Pinyin]

   I've prepared everything ready.

   齊人就行得。／齐人就行得。 [Cantonese]  ―  cai⁴ jan⁴ zau⁶ haang⁴ dak¹. [Jyutping]  ―  We can go if everyone has arrived.

4. together; simultaneously

   萬炮齊發／万炮齐发  ―  wàn pào qí fā  ―  many cannons fire simultaneously

   齊上齊落／齐上齐落 [Cantonese]  ―  cai⁴ soeng⁶ cai⁴ lok⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to stick together and fight against tyranny as one group (a slogan used in the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests

5. to be the same height as; to be level with
6. along a line
7. (～國) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, during the Zhou dynasty

   • 十年春，齊師伐我。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十年春，齐师伐我。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shí nián chūn, Qí shī fá wǒ. [Pinyin]

     In the spring of the 10th year, the Qi troops invaded us.

8. Southern Qi (479–502), the second of the Southern dynasties in China
9. Northern Qi (550–577), one of the Northern dynasties in China

   • 齊朝有一士大夫，嘗謂吾曰：「我有一兒，年已十七，頗曉書疏，教其鮮卑語及彈琵琶，稍欲通解，以此伏事公卿，無不寵愛，亦要事也。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     齐朝有一士大夫，尝谓吾曰：“我有一儿，年已十七，颇晓书疏，教其鲜卑语及弹琵琶，稍欲通解，以此伏事公卿，无不宠爱，亦要事也。” [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yan Zhitui, The Family Instructions of Master Yan, 6^th century CE

     Qí cháo yǒu yī shìdàfū, cháng wèi wú yuē: “Wǒ yǒu yī ér, nián yǐ shíqī, pō xiǎo shūshū, jiào qí xiānbēiyǔ jí tán pípá, shāo yù tōngjiě, yǐ cǐ fúshì gōngqīng, wú bù chǒng'ài, yì yàoshì yě.” [Pinyin]

     There is a scholar-official in the Qi Dynasty, who once said to me, "I have a son who is seventeen years of age and is well versed in writing official reports. I taught him the Xianbei language and how to play the pipa, and when he became somewhat capable in those, he began serving the officials and was loved by all. These are important things."

10. (～日) (telegraphy) the eighth day of a month
11. alternative form of 奇
12. a surname

    齊白石／齐白石  ―  Qí Báishí  ―  Qi Baishi (Chinese painter)

齊

1. Alternative form of 躋／跻 (jī).
2. Alternative form of 齏／齑 (jī).

齊

1. Alternative form of 劑／剂 (jì).
2. alloy

齊

1. hem of a skirt, shirt tail
2. Alternative form of 粢 (zī).
3. Alternative form of 資／资 (zī).

齊

1. Alternative form of 齋／斋 (zhāi).
2. sacrificial offering
3. deferential

齊

1. Alternative form of 剪 (jiǎn).
2. Alternative form of 醮 (jiào).

齊 (Min Nan)

1. uniform; generally consistent
2. completely; entirely

• “齊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04794
• “Entry #10973”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 斉)

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• Go-on: ざい (zai); し (shi)
• Kan-on: せい (sei); し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: そろう (sorō, 齊う)^{←そろふ (sorofu, 齊ふ, historical)}; そろえる (soroeru, 齊える)^{←そろへる (soroferu, 齊へる, historical)}; ととのう (totonō, 齊う)^{←ととのふ (totonofu, 齊ふ, historical)}; ととのえる (totonoeru, 齊える)^{←ととのへる (totonoferu, 齊へる, historical)}; ひとしい (hitoshii, 齊しい)
• Nanori: きよ (kiyo); ただ (tada); ただし (tadashi); とき (toki); とし (toshi); なお (nao)^{←なほ (nafo, historical)}; なり (nari); ひさし (hisashi); まさ (masa); むね (mune); よし (yoshi)

齊 (eum 제 (je))

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齊: Hán Nôm readings: tày, tề, tè, chai

1. chữ Hán form of tề (“equal to”).

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