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奇

qí, jī

strange

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.

Components
大 meaning component

大  Meaning component

dà, dài

  

big

可 sound component

可  Sound component

kě, kè

  

able to

Evolution

奇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
奇 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
奇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

奇  

qí

strange, unusual, uncanny, occult; strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually

奇  

jī

odd (number)

Most common words with 奇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奇怪

strange

奇

odd

神奇

magical

奇迹

miracle

好奇

inquisitive

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

畸

Sound component in 18 characters (4 verified)

騎 骑 寄 椅 倚 崎 畸 琦 綺 绮 犄 旖 猗 欹 剞 掎 埼 齮

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k](r)aj

kje

jī

odd (number)

*N-k(r)aj

gje

qí

strange


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 78.4238% of movies

391st most common character in movies

563rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5947

Shuowen

“奇，異也。一曰不耦。从大，从可。”


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