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耆

qí

Character

What 耆 means

1. man of sixty or seventy

Words starting with 耆

• 耆宿qí sùvenerable old person

Words containing 耆

• 黄耆huáng qímilk vetch; plant genus Astragalus; huangqi 黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)
• 焉耆盆地Yān qí pén dìYanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
• 焉耆回族自治县Yān qí Huí zú Zì zhì xiànYanqi Hui Autonomous County, in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
• 焉耆Yān qísee 焉耆回族自治县
• 焉耆县Yān qí Xiànsee 焉耆回族自治县

Characters built on 日

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

• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom
• 旨zhǐimperial decree; purport; aim
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 晰xīclear; distinct
• 隙xìcrack; crevice; gap or interval

Characters that look like 耆

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

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

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