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岐

Qí

Character

What 岐 means

1. surname Qi
2. also used in place names

Other readings

岐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qívariant of {歧|qí}

Words starting with 岐

• 岐阜Qí fùGifu (prefecture in Japan)
• 岐山县Qí shān XiànQishan, a county in Baoji City 宝鸡市
• 岐山Qí shānsee 岐山县
• 岐视qí shìvariant of 歧视

Words containing 岐

• 赵岐Zhào QíZhao Qi (-201 BC), early Han commentator on Mencius 孟子
• 王岐山Wáng Qí shānWang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
• 八岐大蛇Bā qí Dà shéYamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of…

Characters built on 支

These share the phonetic component 支 (zhī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 技jìskill
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 妓jìprostitute
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill

Characters that look like 岐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill

Sounds the same

Read Qí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 其his; her; its
• 奇strange; odd; weird
• 骑to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 齐neat; even; level with
• 棋chess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 歧divergent; side road
• 旗flag; variant of 旗
• 琪(literary) fine jade
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 祈to implore; to pray; to request
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade