奇 · qí
strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
- Mandarin
- qí
- Cantonese
- kei4
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 奇 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
キ ギ イ アイ あやしい くし くすし めずらしいKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 기
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5947
- Radical
- 大 · 37
- Strokes
- 8 · Unihan
- Residual
- 5
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
8 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 奇
Character connections
Component roles · attributed
- 可 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 可聲
Line 4603 · ⿱大可 · 可聲 · source reference 1550020
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
Follow this component
Sentence context · 1 matches
他对什么都感好奇。
Source, contributors & licenses
Mandarin: Tatoeba #401025 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log · Current owner: GlossaMatik
English: Tatoeba #401022 · Original contributor: FeuDRenais · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- gje · 渠羈 反切 · #104
- Middle Chinese
- kje · 居宜 反切 · #115
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 871 · gje = 止開三平支群 · kje = 止開三平支見
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- qí
- kCantonese
- kei4
- kDefinition
- strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
- kTotalStrokes
- 8
- kRSUnicode
- 37.5
- kGradeLevel
- 2
- kTGH
- 2013:1050
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- qí,jī,ǎi,yǐ 10533.040
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- jī 0520.050 · qí 0897.010
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- jī 153.170 · qí 291.060
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- qí(345)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- qí粵kei4 jī粵gei1
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 渠羈 居宜
- Kangxi positions
- 0250.310
- Guangyun positions
- 043.40 047.02
- GSR references
- 0001s
- Cangjie
- KMNR
- Four-corner
- 4062.1