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鳍

qí

Character Traditional 鰭

What 鳍 means

1. fin

Words starting with 鳍

• 鳍状肢qí zhuàng zhīflipper

Words containing 鳍

• 尾鳍wěi qítail or caudal fin
• 背鳍bèi qídorsal fin
• 胸鳍xiōng qípectoral fin
• 腹鳍fù qíventral fin; pelvic fin
• 臀鳍tún qíanal fin
• 鱼鳍yú qífin
• 减摇鳍jiǎn yáo qífin stabilizer (in ships); anti-roll stabilizer
• 克氏黑鳍鳈Kè shì hēi qí quánCherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish…
• 白鳍豚bái qí túnsee 白𬶨豚

Characters built on 耆

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

• 嗜shì(bound form) to have a strong liking for; to be addicted to
• 蓍shīyarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Characters that look like 鳍

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

• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine
• 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 鲼fènany ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order

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