绮
Tap the pinyin to hear it
beautiful; open-work silk
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 綺
- Common rank
- #2,261
- Unicode
- U+7EEE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 绮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绮想曲 | capriccio (music) | |
| 绮语 | flowery writing; writing concerning love and sex | |
| 绮罗 | beautiful silk fabrics; person in beautiful silk dress | |
| 绮年 | young; youthful | |
| 清绮 | beautiful; elegant | |
| 绮色佳 | Ithaca, New York, location of Cornell University 康奈爾大學|康奈尔大学[Kang1 nai4 er3 Da4 xue2] | |
| 绮云 | beautiful clouds | |
| 绮衣 | beautiful clothes | |
| 绮思 | beautiful thoughts (in writing) | |
| 绮想 | fantasies; imaginings | |
| 绮室 | magnificent room | |
| 绮丽 | beautiful; enchanting | |
| 绮井 | ceiling (architecture) | |
| 绮梦 | pleasant and romantic dream | |
| 绮窗 | beautifully decorated window | |
| 绮岁 | youthful age | |
| 绮貌 | beautiful appearance | |
| 绮绣 | silk material with grained pattern | |
| 绮靡 | beautiful and intricate; ornate; gorgeous | |
| 绮筵 | magnificent feast |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 奇 — 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 | |
| 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 |