qí
gem
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 琦
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
curio | ||
Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.4325% of movies
3328th most common character in movies
3288th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+7426 |
Sources
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