期

期 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月 (TCB), four-corner 4782₀, composition ⿰其月)

• KangXi: page 506, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14378
• Dae Jaweon: page 887, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2083, character 7
• Unihan data for U+671F

Historical forms of the character 期
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) : phonetic 其 (OC *kɯ, *ɡɯ) + semantic 月 (“moon”) – changing moon marks the passage of time, hence a period of time.

Cognate with 其 (OC *kɯ, “should; probably”) (Schuessler, 2007).

期

1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet

   不期而遇  ―  bùqī'éryù  ―  to meet unexpectedly or by chance

   • 期我乎桑中，要我乎上宮，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     期我乎桑中，要我乎上宫，送我乎淇之上矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qī wǒ hū sāng zhōng, yào wǒ hū shàng gōng, sòng wǒ hū Qí zhī shàng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     She made an appontment with me in Sangzhong;
     She will meet me in Shanggong;
     She will accompany me to Qishang.

2. (literary) to meet; to gather
3. to hope; to wish; to expect

   期待  ―  qīdài  ―  to look forward to

   未來可期／未来可期  ―  wèilái kě qī  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

4. date; specific day; scheduled time (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   限期  ―  xiànqī  ―  deadline

   • 會天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     会天大雨，道不通，度已失期。失期，法皆斩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Huì tiān dàyǔ, dào bù tōng, duó yǐ shīqī. Shīqī, fǎ jiē zhǎn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

5. (Cantonese) time slots; schedule

   我今個月啲期全部爆嗮。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我今个月啲期全部爆嗮。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gam¹ go³ jyut⁶ di¹ kei⁴ cyun⁴ bou⁶ baau³ saai³. [Jyutping]

   All my time slots are filled this month.

6. period of time; stage

   學期／学期  ―  xuéqī  ―  semester

   青春期  ―  qīngchūnqī  ―  adolescence

7. (geology) age (geochronologic unit)
8. Classifier for periods of time or stages of a project.
9. (obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
10. (obsolete) limit
11. (obsolete) good fortune; chance

期

1. (obsolete) one-year anniversary
2. (historical, obsolete) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. period
2. time
3. date
4. term

• Go-on: こ (ko); ご (go, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 期る)

From Middle Chinese 期 (MC ɡɨ, “period of time”).

期(き) • (ki) 

1. time; period
2. to expect; to look forward to

期(き) • (-ki) 

1. period (of time)

   反抗(はんこう)期(き)

   hankōki

   rebellious phase

2. (television show) season

   「進撃(しんげき)の巨人(きょじん)」の二(に)期(き)

   “Shingeki no Kyojin” no niki

   the second season of Attack on Titan

3. geological age

• 紀(き) (ki)

期 (eumhun 기약할 기 (giyakhal gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“expect; time; period”).

• 기간 (期間, gigan, “period”)

期: Hán Nôm readings: kì, kề, kỳ

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