Zi:几

几 [jī] (​古) small table/bench; (radical 16, 几​部); (F​幾) 几​乎 jīhū almost [jǐ] (F​幾) how many; a few; (HDZ:) … [jì] (F​幾) (HDC) [qí] (F​幾) (HDC) [qǐ] cf. ​幾 [shū] cf. ​𠘧

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹jǐ* ​几[​幾] {A} num. ①how many? ②a few; several; some
►¹⁶jī ​几[​幾] {E} adv. 〈environment:〉 wr. nearly ◆b.f. ►jīhū 几乎
►¹⁷jī ​几[-/​机/​機] {E} b.f. small/low table/desk ►¹chájī 茶几

The simple-form character 几 (2 strokes) conflates two old characters, formerly distinguished as 几 jī ‘small table/bench’ (​机), vs. ​幾 jī/jǐ ‘almost/how’; among simple-form characters 几 replaces the full form ​幾 (12 strokes); for the full form, cf. ​幾(​􀪾).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 几(​􂠁) jī ‘small table/bench’ depicts a small lacquered table or bench (as in ​茶几 chájī ‘tea table’; ​凭几 ‘lean on a bench/desk’); the table top had short legs, and was high enough to lean on when sitting on the ground; later wr. ​机.
    Compare: ​丌(​􀴀) jī ‘base/pedestal’; ​兀(​􁝓) wù ‘towering/bald’.
    Compare: ​居(​􁜙) jū ‘crouch/squat; sit’ (now wr. ​踞), formerly also wr. ​凥(​􂠃), with 几(​􂠁) jī ‘bench’.
    Note: 几 jī ‘table’ does not become ​幾 in the following words; ​炕几, ​茶几, ​窗​明几​净, ​明​窗​净几, ​伏几​而​卧, 几​案, ​咖​啡几, ​凭几, ​条几, ​燕几.
    Sixteenth of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 几 : jī : (​古) ​人​席​地​而​坐​时​供​依​靠​的​器​具; ​搁​置​物​件​的​小​桌​子 (​茶几) (cf. ​机); ​幾 (​差​不​多, ​接​近​于) (几​乎); (​简​体) ​幾 • jǐ : “几几”, ​盛​貌 (cf. ​凱/​凯); (​简​体) ​幾 (​又​读)
►references: Guǎngyùn:247.32; Wieger:20a,90d; Karlgren:AD318,328,GSR602a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.275.19; Lindqvist:245; Mathews:404; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:133.57; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.1.06; Wáng(1993):92,137; EDOC:1
►Cantonese: gei\
Shuōwén: ​􂠁(几) ​􂠇(​𠀃)
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