淇 - Dong Chinese dictionary

qí

name of a river

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

其 Sound component

qí

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qí

river in Henan province; name of a river

Most common words with 淇

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冰淇淋	ice cream
	淇	name of a river
	舒淇	Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress
	淇县	Qi county in Hebi 鶴壁\|鹤壁[Hèbì], Henan
	淇滨区	Qibin district of Hebi city 鶴壁市\|鹤壁市[Hèbìshì], Henan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.8145% of movies

2260th most common character in movies

4010th most common character in books

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