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荠

qí

Character Traditional 薺

What 荠 means

1. used in {荸荠|bí qí}

Other readings

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

• jìsee {荠菜|jì cài}

Words starting with 荠

• 荠菜jì càishepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
• 荠苎jì zhù(botany) Mosla grosseserrata; (botany) Mosla chinensis
• 荠苧jì níng(botany) Mosla grosseserrata; (botany) Mosla chinensis

Words containing 荠

• 荸荠bí qíChinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis)

Characters built on 齐

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

• 济jìto cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 剂jì(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients…
• 挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
• 跻jī(literary) to ascend; to climb; to mount
• 霁jìsky clearing up
• 蛴qíused in 蛴螬; used in 蝤蛴
• 齑jīfinely chopped meat or vegetables; powdered or fragmentary

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