The 奇 family
奇 · qí · jī odd · ㄑㄧˊ — strange
Know 奇 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 騎、寄、椅、綺. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 騎qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 馬 · horseto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc)90%
- 寄jì · ㄐㄧˋ部首 宀 寶蓋頭 · "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖to entrust; to place in sb's care; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily67%
- 椅yǐ · ㄧˇ部首 木 · treechair67%
- 綺qǐ · ㄑㄧˇ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkbeautiful; open-work silk81%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 奇 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 奇 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 76%.
Words this family builds
- 奇怪
- 神奇
- 好奇
- 奇跡
- 椅子
- 騎士
- 米奇
- 傳奇
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