妓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jì, jī
Cantonese: gei6
JapaneseKun: WAZAOGI
JapaneseOn: KI GI
Korean: KI
Vietnamese: kĩ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: prostitute

CE-Dict: prostitute

Soothill: A singing-girl, courtesan.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a prostitute

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: prostitute

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: prostitute

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》妓婦人小物也。从女支聲。讀若跂行。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】妓
【唐韻】渠綺切【集韻】【正韻】巨綺切，𠀤音伎。女樂也。洪涯妓，三皇時人，娼家托始。見【萬物原始】。一曰古未有妓，至漢武始置營妓，以待軍士之無妻室者，見【漢武外史】。　又【正韻】奇几切，音技。義同。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤居宜切，音羇。妓姿，女容。　又妓女，萱草別名。又千心妓，地膚草別名。𠀤見【本草綱目】。

Buddhism words and phrases courtesan

CF-Dict: prostituée

Han-De-Dict: Prostituierte, Dirne, Freudenmädchen, Straßenmädchen (u.E.) (S)