季

See also: 李

季 U+5B63, 季 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B63 ← 孢 [U+5B62] CJK Unified Ideographs 孤 → [U+5B64]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

季 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹木弓木 (HDND), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿱禾子)

Derived characters

• 㑧, 𭈛, 𭎰, 悸, 𢯗, 㳵, 㻑, 𦁳, 𬠓, 𡳜, 𬫥, 𧇯, 鯚, 𠃷, 𡮒, 𡦧, 痵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 279, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6965
• Dae Jaweon: page 547, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1013, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5B63

Chinese

trad.		季
simp. #		季

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
季	*kʷids
悸	*ɡʷids
痵	*ɡʷids

Characters in the same phonetic series (季) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 禾 + 子.

Etymology

Etymology not clear (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 季
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕi⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕi²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕi⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sz̩⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕi⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕy⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕi³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕi⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ki⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/kui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwɐi³³/
	Nanning	/kʷɐi³³/
	Hong Kong	/kwɐi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kui²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kiɛ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ky³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰui²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ki³⁵/ /kui³⁵/

Rime
Character	季
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居悸切
Baxter	kjwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwiH/
Li Rong	/kuiH/
Wang Li	/kwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	季
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ kjwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷi[t]-s/
English	youngest
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	季
Reading #	1/1
No.	5832
Phonetic component	季
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	季
Old Chinese	/*kʷids/
Notes	說文從稚省，王煦雲從𥝌（木曲頭，脂部古兮切）聲

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kui

  (Hailu, HRS): gui^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ji³
• Eastern Min (BUC): gié
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi⁴ / kui⁴ / gui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai³
    • Yale: gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kui
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gui^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /kui¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ji³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiɛ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁴²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kui⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ku̍i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui⁴²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui⁴²/

Note: kui4/gui4 - measure word (used for animals), approximately equivalent to "litter".

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kùi
    • Tâi-lô: kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kjwijH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷi[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷids/

Definitions

季

1. youngest brother
2. last period (of a dynasty, etc.)

   清季  ―  qīng jì  ―  end of the Qing dynasty

3. third and final month of a season in the lunar calendar

   季春  ―  jìchūn  ―  last month of spring

4. quarter of a year
5. season of the year

   四季  ―  sìjì  ―  four seasons

   春季  ―  chūnjì  ―  spring

6. period of time; season

   雨季  ―  yǔjì  ―  rainy season

   淡季  ―  dànjì  ―  low season

7. (broadcasting) season
8. Classifier for harvests.

   一年三季稻  ―  yī nián sān jì dào  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. a surname, Ji

   季羨林／季羡林  ―  Jì Xiànlín  ―  Ji Xianlin (Chinese Indologist and linguist)

Compounds

• 一年四季 (yīniánsìjì)
• 三季
• 乾季 / 干季 (gānjì)
• 伯仲叔季 (bózhòngshūjì)
• 伯歌季舞
• 冬季 (dōngjì)
• 冬季作物
• 冬季運動 / 冬季运动 (dōngjì yùndòng)
• 叔季 (shūjì)
• 單季田 / 单季田
• 單季稻 / 单季稻
• 四季 (sìjì)
• 四季如春 (sìjìrúchūn)
• 四季海棠
• 四季花兒 / 四季花儿
• 四季豆 (sìjìdòu)
• 夏季 (xiàjì)
• 夏季作物
• 夏季季風 / 夏季季风
• 季世 (jìshì)
• 季代
• 季候 (jìhòu)
• 季冬 (Jìdōng)
• 季刊 (jìkān)
• 季咸
• 季夏 (jìxià)
• 季女
• 季子
• 季子囊空
• 季子裘敝
• 季孟
• 季孟之間 / 季孟之间
• 季布一諾 / 季布一诺
• 季常之懼 / 季常之惧
• 季常癖
• 季年
• 季店 (Jìdiàn)
• 季度 (jìdù)
• 季春 (jìchūn)
• 季月 (jìyuè)
• 季札掛劍 / 季札挂剑
• 季母
• 季父 (jìfù)
• 季秋 (jìqiū)
• 季節 / 季节 (jìjié)
• 季節性 / 季节性 (jìjiéxìng)
• 季節洄游 / 季节洄游
• 季節遷徙 / 季节迁徙
• 季路
• 季軍 / 季军 (jìjūn)
• 季陵溝 / 季陵沟 (Jìlínggōu)
• 季雅買鄰 / 季雅买邻
• 季風 / 季风 (jìfēng)
• 季風氣候 / 季风气候
• 展季
• 山牧季移 (shānmùjìyí)
• 換季 / 换季 (huànjì)
• 旱季
• 旺季 (wàngjì)
• 昆季
• 春季 (chūnjì)
• 月季 (yuèjì)
• 月季花 (yuèjìhuā)
• 月鍛季煉 / 月锻季炼
• 東南季風 / 东南季风
• 淡季 (dànjì)
• 澆季 / 浇季
• 秋季 (qiūjì)
• 考季
• 花季
• 藝術季 / 艺术季
• 西北季風 / 西北季风
• 西南季風 / 西南季风
• 諸季 / 诸季
• 雙季稻 / 双季稻 (shuāngjìdào)
• 雨季 (yǔjì)
• 黃梅季 / 黄梅季 (huángméijì)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 季

季

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. season

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: すえ (sue, 季)、とき (toki)

Kanji in this term
季
き Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Affix

季(き) • (ki) 

1. season
2. end of a period
3. youngest

Korean

Hanja

季 (eumhun 끝 계 (kkeut gye))

1. hanja form^? of 계 (“end, final”)
2. hanja form^? of 계 (“season”)

Vietnamese

Han character

季: Hán Nôm readings: quý, quí, cuối, quỳ

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