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杞

qǐ

Character

What 杞 means

1. Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
2. willow

Other readings

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

• QǐQi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state; surname Qi

Words starting with 杞

• 杞人忧天Qǐ rén yōu tiān(lit.) like the man of 杞; (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
• 杞国Qǐ guóthe State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of…
• 杞妇Qǐ fùthe wife of 杞梁; (fig.) a widow
• 杞县Qǐ XiànQi County or Qixian, a county in Kaifeng City 开封市
• 杞人之忧Qǐ rén zhī yōu(lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞; (fig.) groundless fears
• 杞梓之林qǐ zǐ zhī lín(idiom) a multitude of talented people
• 杞国之忧Qǐ guó zhī yōusee 杞人之忧
• 杞国忧天Qǐ guó yōu tiānsee 杞人忧天
• 杞天之虑Qǐ tiān zhī lǜsee 杞人之忧

Words containing 杞

• 枸杞gǒu qǐwolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium
• 柳杞liǔ qǐwillow
• 枸杞子gǒu qǐ zǐgoji berry

Characters built on 己

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

• 已yǐalready; to stop; then
• 记jìto record; to note; to memorize
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread
• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 圮pǐdestroyed; injure
• 芑qǐPanicum miliaceum
• 屺qǐ(literary) a barren hill

Characters that look like 杞

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

• 把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 祀sìto sacrifice; to offer libation to

Sounds the same

Read qǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 起to rise; to raise; to get up
• 企(bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to…
• 启to open; to start; to initiate
• 乞to beg
• 岂how? (emphatic question)
• 绮beautiful; open-work silk
• 稽to bow to the ground
• 呇star
• 芑Panicum miliaceum
• 屺(literary) a barren hill
• 綮embroidered banner
• 棨tally for going through a pass