岂
2 readings · tap one to hear it
how? (emphatic question)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 山 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 豈
- Common rank
- #3,664
- Unicode
- U+5C82
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 岂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岂有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | |
| 岂不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 岂非 | wouldn't it be ... ? | |
| 岂料 | who would have thought that; who would have expected that | |
| 岂止 | not only; far from; more than | |
| 岂敢 | how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 己 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound part | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 起 | to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up | |
| 配 | to blend, to mix; to fit, to match | |
| 纪 | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal | |
| 忌 | jealous, envious; to fear; to shun | |
| 杞 | willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state | |
| 芑 | white millet | |
| 圮 | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert | |
| 屺 | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |