祁
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large; vast
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 示 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 祁
- Common rank
- #2,554
- Unicode
- U+7941
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Formation & memory
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How 祁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
礻 meaning “spirit” + 阝 sound
Components 礻 阝
Words with 祁
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祁门县 | Qimen, a county in Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市[Huang2 shan1 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 祁东县 | Qidong, a county in Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 祁阳市 | Qiyang, a county-level city in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 祁连山脉 | Qilian Mountains (formerly Richthofen Range), dividing Qinghai and Gansu provinces | |
| 祁连县 | Qilian, a county in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 z… | |
| 祁连山 | Qilian Mountains in Qinghai | |
| 无支祁 | a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey | |
| 祁县 | Qi County or Qixian, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 祁门 | see 祁門縣|祁门县[Qi2 men2 Xian4] | |
| 祁东 | see 祁東縣|祁东县[Qi2 dong1 Xian4] | |
| 祁阳 | see 祁陽市|祁阳市[Qi2 yang2 Shi4] | |
| 祁连 | see 祁連縣|祁连县[Qi2 lian2 Xian4] | |
| 朱祁镇 | Zhu Qizhen, personal name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3], … | |
| 宋祁 | Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dy… | |
| 祁奚之荐 | Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of fa… | |
| 祁奚 | Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晉國|晋国[Jin4 guo2] of the Spring and Autumn sta… | |
| 朱祁钰 | Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4] (1428-1457), reigne… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 阝 — compare how they read.