漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
奇: strange, strangeness
Also: curiosity
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
大 carries the meaning · 可 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 奇妙きみょうstrange; odd; peculiar
- 奇跡きせきmiracle; wonder; marvel
- 奇襲きしゅうsurprise attack
- 奇異きいodd; strange; queer
- 奇抜きばつ(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric
- 怪奇かいきbizarre; strange; weird
- 奇数きすうodd number
- 好奇心こうきしんcuriosity; inquisitiveness
Also read くしき, あやしい, くし, めずらしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stretch out wide! This radical represents anything that is grand, important, or massive in scale.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
奇 gives its sound to
The family reading is キ (ki). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side奇 strange · 大
vs何 what · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qí
Same form: 奇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 奇 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 奇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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