稽

稽 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹木戈山日 (HDIUA), four-corner 2396₁, composition ⿰禾⿱尤旨)

• 𡃊 𡓈 𥗎 𦪼

• KangXi: page 858, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25218
• Dae Jaweon: page 1283, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2622, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7A3D

Historical forms of the character 稽
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Originally 𩒨, a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kiː, *kʰiːʔ) : phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ) + semantic 頁 (“person's head”).

In the modern form it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kiː, *kʰiːʔ) : semantic 𥝌 (“bent, stunted tree”) + semantic 尤 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

稽

1. (transitive) to examine; to investigate; to check
   1. to recriminate; to argue; to dispute
2. (transitive, intransitive) to keep; to reserve
   1. to delay; to procrastinate
3. (transitive) to reach
4. (transitive, intransitive) to suit; to correspond
5. to divine

稽

1. ^† to kowtow; to bow to the ground

• “稽”, 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–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to think; to consider
2. to train; to practice

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: とどめる (todomeru, 稽める); かんがえる (kangaeru, 稽える)

From Middle Chinese 稽 (MC kei, kʰei^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 계〯 (kyěy) (Yale: kyey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 稽 (eumhun 상고할 계 (sanggohal gye))

1. Hanja form^? of 계 (“to examine”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

稽: Hán Nôm readings: kê, ghê, ghe, khẻ, khẽ, khể

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