戚

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(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A younger brother 尗 killed in a war 戈

Components 戊尗

kin · Heisig RSH #1664

parade + 上 above + 小 small

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚	jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī	good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
皇亲国戚	huáng qīn guó qī	the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
休戚相关	xiū qī xiāng guān	to share the same interests (idiom); to be closely related; to be in the same boat
走亲戚	zǒu qīn qi	to visit relatives
鼓盆之戚	gǔ pén zhī qī	drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子\|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his…
外戚	wài qī	(historical) consort kin
戚族	qī zú	family members; fellow clansman
戚继光	Qī Jì guāng	Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
亲戚	qīn qi	a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門\|门[men2],個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]
熊亲戚	xióng qīn qi	(coll.) busybody relative
戚友	qī yǒu	relatives and friends
自贻伊戚	zì yí yī qī	to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
乡戚	xiāng qi	a relative; a family member
戚属	qī shǔ	relative; family member; dependent
哀戚	āi qī	sorrow; grief
悲戚	bēi qī	mournful
戚谊	qī yì	relation; close friendship
戚戚	qī qī	sorrowful; distressed
戚戚	qī qī	intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed

These characters use 戚 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戚 sound part	qī	ashamed, grieving; related to; relative
槭	qì	maple tree
嘁	qī	ashamed; grieving; onomatopoetic