The 其 family
其 · qí · ㄑㄧˊ — his
Know 其 and the readings of 7 more characters follow: 期、基、欺、琪、旗、淇、棋. 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.
- 期qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 月 · moona period of time; phase83%
- 基jī · ㄐㄧ部首 土 · earthbase; foundation; radical (chemistry)69%
- 欺qī · ㄑㄧ部首 欠 · to oweto take unfair advantage of; to deceive83%
- 琪qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 玉 · jade(literary) fine jade92%
- 旗qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 方 · squarebanner; flag92%
- 淇qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 氵 三點水 · watername of a river92%
- 棋qí · ㄑㄧˊ部首 木 · treechess; chess-like game92%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 其 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 其 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 86%.
Words this family builds
- 其他
- 其實
- 其中
- 星期
- 其它
- 期待
- 基地
- 尤其
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