Zi:基

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[] foundation/base/basis (基​ jīchǔ); basic (基​ jīběn); begin/start; (HDZ:) ​; ​, 基​; ​, ​; …; (​); (​)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 基 jī ‘foundation/foot (of a wall/etc.)’ combines ​ (tǔ) ‘earth/ground’, and ​(​𠔝) jī (phonosemantic) in which ​ jī ‘stand/pedestal’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​ zhǐ ‘foundation/base (of a structure)’, formerly wr. ​; ​ zhǐ ‘foot’; in SW ​/​/​ all syns. 基.
    HDZ: 基 : jī : ​; ​, 基​; ​, ​; ​, 基​; ​, ​; ​/​ (qī): ​; (​); (​); (​); (​)
►references: Karlgren:GSR952g; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.449.7; Mathews:399; Guǎngyùn:061.35; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:231.12; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:182.0.05; Wáng(1993):102; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: gei\
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