Character: 錡
Modern (Beijing) reading: qí
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)aj
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)aj
Western Han Chinese: g(h)aj
Eastern Han Chinese: g(h)e
Early Postclassic Chinese: g(h)e
Middle Postclassic Chinese: g(h)e
Late Postclassic Chinese: g(h)e
Middle Chinese: ge
English meaning : cauldron, cooking pot
Russian meaning[s]: 1) козлы для оружия; 2) котел на ножках; 3) резец; зубило
Comments: Also read *g(h)ajʔ, MC gé (FQ 渠綺) id.; the 平聲 reading is also applied to a homonymous *g(h)ajʔ 'a curved chisel'.
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 3006
Karlgren code: 0001 v
Shijing occurrences: 15.2
