奇
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strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #411 U+5947
How 奇 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 大 riding a horse 可
How to remember it
strange · Heisig RSH #133
St. Bernard dog + 可 can + 口 mouth + nail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 奇 as their sound component
These characters all use 奇 (qí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 sound component | qí | strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult |
| 寄 | jì | to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on |
| 骑 | qí | to ride, to mount; cavalry |
| 椅 | yǐ | chair, seat |
| 绮 | qǐ | fine silk; elegant, beautiful |
| 倚 | yǐ | to rely on, to depend on |
| 崎 | qí | rough, uneven; jagged, rugged |
| 旖 | yǐ | romantic; tender, charming |
| 犄 | jī | animal horns |
| 猗 | yī | exclamation of admiration |
| 剞 | jī | carving or engraving; knife; grave |
| 埼 | qí | headland |
| 琦 | qí | jade, gem, precious stone |
| 掎 | jǐ | to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet |
| 欹 | yī | pleading interjection |
Words containing 奇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无奇不有 | wú qí bù yǒu | nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things |
| 平平无奇 | píng píng wú qí | (idiom) ordinary; unremarkable; nothing special |
| 阿合奇县 | Ā hé qí Xiàn | Akqi, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4… |
| 阿奇里斯 | Ā qí lǐ sī | Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the … |
| 海上奇书 | Hǎi shàng Qí shū | literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4] featuring … |
| 传奇人物 | chuán qí rén wù | legendary person; legend (i.e. person) |
| 金里奇 | jīn lǐ qí | (Newt) Gingrich |
| 奇台县 | Qí tái Xiàn | Qitai, a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 … |
| 加格达奇区 | Jiā gé dá qí Qū | Jiagedaqi, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu… |
| 阿合奇 | Ā hé qí | see 阿合奇縣|阿合奇县[A1 he2 qi2 Xian4] |
| 卡拉奇 | Kǎ lā qí | Karachi (Pakistan) |
| 奇人 | qí rén | an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent |
| 好奇心 | hào qí xīn | interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive |
| 克沙奇病毒 | kè shā qí bìng dú | Coxsackievirus |
| 加格达奇 | Jiā gé dá qí | see 加格達奇區|加格达奇区[Jia1 ge2 da2 qi2 Qu1] |
| 纳尼亚传奇 | Nà ní yà Chuán qí | The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis |
| 西奇 | xī qí | sygyt (overtone singing) |
| 奇文 | qí wén | remarkable or peculiar piece of writing |
| 出奇 | chū qí | extraordinary; exceptional; unusual |
| 不足为奇 | bù zú wéi qí | not at all surprising (idiom) |