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祇

qí

Character

What 祇 means

1. god of the earth

Words containing 祇

• 地祇dì qíearth spirit
• 神祇shén qígod; deity

Characters built on 氏

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

• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 舐shìto lick; to lap (up)
• 衹qírobe of a Buddhist monk or nun
• 芪qísee 黄芪
• 氐dǐfoundation; on the whole

Characters that look like 祇

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

• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 抿mǐnto smooth hair with a wet brush; (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly; to sip
• 祗zhīrespectful (ly)
• 衲nàcassock; to line
• 砜fēngsulfone

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