qí
high
Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 岐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Qi | ||
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician | ||
Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎojī], Shaanxi | ||
Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎojī], Shaanxi | ||
Gifu prefecture, Japan |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3928th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+5C90 |
Shuowen | “,周文王所封,在右扶風美陽中水鄉。从邑,支聲。岐,或从山,支聲。因岐山以名之也。,古文从枝,从山。” |
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