期
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a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 期
- Common rank
- #251
- Unicode
- U+671F
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 期
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星期天 | Sunday | |
| 星期日 | Sunday | |
| 日期 | date | |
| 星期 | week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday | |
| 出生日期 | date of birth | |
| 后会无期 | (idiom) may never meet again; unlikely to meet again | |
| 长期性 | long-term | |
| 后会有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again. | |
| 生理期 | menstrual period | |
| 不定期 | non-scheduled; irregularly | |
| 性器期 | phallic stage (psychology) | |
| 不期 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 中期 | middle (of a period of time); medium-term (plan, forecast etc) | |
| 期中 | interim; midterm | |
| 一年期 | one year period (in a contract or budget) | |
| 学期 | term; semester; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 无期 | unspecified period; in the indefinite future; no fixed time; indefinite sentence (i.e. lif… | |
| 黄体期 | luteal phase (period in the menstrual cycle when an embryo can implant in the womb) | |
| 星期一 | Monday | |
| 日治时期 | the period of Japanese rule |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 其 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound part | his, her, its, their; that | |
| 基 | foundation, base | |
| 旗 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 棋 | chess; any strategy game | |
| 欺 | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive | |
| 淇 | a river in Henan province | |
| 箕 | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag | |
| 琪 | fine jade | |
| 麒 | mythical unicorn | |
| 祺 | good luck, good fortune | |
| 萁 | pulses, legumes | |
| 綦 | dark gray; variegated; superlative | |
| 骐 | piebald horse; excellent horse | |
| 蜞 | lightfoot crab; worm, leech | |
| 鲯 | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |