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绮

qǐ

Character Traditional 綺

What 绮 means

1. beautiful
2. open-work silk

Words starting with 绮

• 绮丽qǐ lìbeautiful; enchanting
• 绮井qǐ jǐngceiling (architecture)
• 绮梦qǐ mèngpleasant and romantic dream
• 绮室qǐ shìmagnificent room
• 绮年qǐ niányoung; youthful
• 绮思qǐ sībeautiful thoughts (in writing)
• 绮想qǐ xiǎngfantasies; imaginings
• 绮岁qǐ suìyouthful age
• 绮灿qǐ cànenchanting; gorgeous
• 绮窗qǐ chuāngbeautifully decorated window
• 绮筵qǐ yánmagnificent feast
• 绮绣qǐ xiùsilk material with grained pattern
• 绮罗qǐ luóbeautiful silk fabrics; person in beautiful silk dress
• 绮衣qǐ yībeautiful clothes
• 绮语qǐ yǔflowery writing; writing concerning love and sex
• 绮貌qǐ màobeautiful appearance
• 绮云qǐ yúnbeautiful clouds
• 绮靡qǐ mǐbeautiful and intricate; ornate; gorgeous
• 绮想曲qǐ xiǎng qǔcapriccio (music)
• 绮色佳Qǐ sè jiāIthaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈尔大学
• 绮陌qǐ mòsplendid streets

Words containing 绮

• 清绮qīng qǐbeautiful; elegant
• 鸳绮yuān qǐmagnificent fabrics
• 黛绮莉dài qǐ lì(loanword) daiquiri

Characters built on 奇

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

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 椅yǐchair
• 倚yǐto lean on; to rely upon
• 崎qímountainous
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 旖yǐused in 旖旎

Characters that look like 绮

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

• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 椅yǐchair
• 烯xīalkene
• 缕lǚstrand; thread; detailed
• 埼qíheadland

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)
• 杞Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
• 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