奇
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strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 奇
- Common rank
- #411
- Unicode
- U+5947
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Formation & memory
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Words with 奇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无奇不有 | nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things | |
| 平平无奇 | (idiom) ordinary; unremarkable; nothing special | |
| 阿合奇县 | Akqi, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4… | |
| 阿奇里斯 | Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the … | |
| 海上奇书 | literary journal published in 1892–93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4] featuring … | |
| 传奇人物 | legendary person; legend (i.e. person) | |
| 金里奇 | (Newt) Gingrich | |
| 奇台县 | Qitai, a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 … | |
| 加格达奇区 | Jiagedaqi, a district of Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu… | |
| 阿合奇 | see 阿合奇縣|阿合奇县[A1 he2 qi2 Xian4] | |
| 卡拉奇 | Karachi (Pakistan) | |
| 奇人 | an eccentric; odd person; person of extraordinary talent | |
| 好奇心 | interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive | |
| 克沙奇病毒 | Coxsackievirus | |
| 加格达奇 | see 加格達奇區|加格达奇区[Jia1 ge2 da2 qi2 Qu1] | |
| 纳尼亚传奇 | The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis | |
| 西奇 | sygyt (overtone singing) | |
| 奇文 | remarkable or peculiar piece of writing | |
| 出奇 | extraordinary; exceptional; unusual | |
| 不足为奇 | not at all surprising (idiom) |
Sound family
These characters use 奇 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 sound part | strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult | |
| 寄 | to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on | |
| 骑 | to ride, to mount; cavalry | |
| 椅 | chair, seat | |
| 绮 | fine silk; elegant, beautiful | |
| 倚 | to rely on, to depend on | |
| 崎 | rough, uneven; jagged, rugged | |
| 旖 | romantic; tender, charming | |
| 犄 | animal horns | |
| 猗 | exclamation of admiration | |
| 剞 | carving or engraving; knife; grave | |
| 埼 | headland | |
| 琦 | jade, gem, precious stone | |
| 掎 | to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet | |
| 欹 | pleading interjection |