畸

Tap the pinyin to hear it

lopsided; unbalanced; abnormal; irregular; odd fractional remnant

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Leftover 奇 farmland 田; 奇 also provides the pronunciation

Components 田奇

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
畸形儿	jī xíng ér	deformed child; child with birth defect
畸形秀	jī xíng xiù	freak show
正畸	zhèng jī	orthodontics
畸变	jī biàn	distortion; aberration
畸形	jī xíng	deformed; malformed; lopsided; unbalanced
畸型	jī xíng	malformation
畸态	jī tài	deformity; birth defect; abnormality
致畸	zhì jī	producing abnormality; leading to malformation; teratogenic
畸零	jī líng	fractional part of a real number; odd fractional remnant; lone person; solitary
畸胎瘤	jī tāi liú	teratoma (medicine)
畸恋	jī liàn	improper love affair; unhealthy relationship (age-inappropriate, obsessive, incestuous etc…
畸胎	jī tāi	a teratism; monster; severely deformed individual