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琪

qí

Character

What 琪 means

1. literaryfine jade

Words containing 琪

• 安琪儿ān qí érangel (loanword)
• 杜琪峰Dù Qí fēngJohnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
• 斯沃琪Sī wò qíSwatch (Swiss brand)
• 沙琪玛shā qí mǎsachima, sweet (Manchu) pastry made of fried strips of dough coated with syrup, pressed…
• 范玮琪Fàn Wěi qíChristine Fan (1976-), American-born Taiwanese singer and actress
• 珣玗琪xún yú qítype of ancient jade

Characters built on 其

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 淇qíname of a river
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 琪

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

• 确quèauthenticated; solid; firm
• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 猖chāngferocious
• 琉liúprecious stone
• 祺qí(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 瑛yīng(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade

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
• 祺(literary) good luck; good fortune…
• 祈to implore; to pray; to request
• 崎mountainous
• 琦(literary) fine jade
• 淇name of a river