Chinese Character Wiki

祈

qí

pray

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

礻  Meaning component

shì

  

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

斤 sound component

斤  Sound component

jīn

  

axe

Evolution

祈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祈 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
祈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
祈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

祈  

qí

pray; entreat, beseech; to implore; to pray; to request

Most common words with 祈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

祈祷

to pray

祈

to pray

祈求

to pray for

祈福

to pray for blessings

祈望

to hope

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.[ɢ]ər

gj+j

qí

pray


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 20.0705% of movies

1422nd most common character in movies

2443rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7948

Shuowen

“祈，求福也。从示，斤聲。”


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