Dictionary › 蹊

蹊

qī

Character

What 蹊 means

1. used in {蹊跷|qī qiāo}
2. Taiwan pr. xī

Other readings

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

• xīfootpath

Words starting with 蹊

• 蹊跷qī qiāoodd; queer; strange; fishy
• 蹊径xī jìngpath; (fig.) way

Words containing 蹊

• 鼠蹊shǔ xīgroin
• 另辟蹊径lìng pì xī jìngto take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach
• 独辟蹊径dú pì xī jìngto blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality

Characters built on 奚

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

• 溪xīcreek; rivulet
• 鼷xīused in 鼷鼠
• 徯xīfootpath; wait for

Characters that look like 蹊

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

• 蹂róutrample
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 蹒pánused in 蹒跚; Taiwan pr. mán
• 璞púunpolished gem
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 期a period of time; phase; stage
• 七seven; 7
• 妻(bound form) wife
• 戚(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
• 欺to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 凄intense cold; frigid; dismal
• 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
• 栖to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 缉to stitch finely
• 沏to brew (tea)
• 嘁whispering sound
• 柒seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)