漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
期: period, time
Also: date, term
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 其(sound)
- 月meat(meaning)
月 carries the meaning · 其 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 期間きかんperiod
- 期限きげんtime limit, deadline
- 初期しょきearly (e.g. stage)
- 満期まんきmaturity (e.g. investment)
- 秋学期あきがっきfall semester
- 学期末試験がっきまつしけんfinal exam
- 画期的なかっきてきなepoch-making
- 期待するきたいするhope
- 予期するよきするexpect
ゴgo · on'yomi
- 一期一会いちごいちえone chance in a lifetime
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)其 (sound) + 日 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 期 (rev. 93586122), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Month/moon (月) + a base/foundation. A specific "period" or "month" that has been set as a foundation—the time of an "expectation" or deadline.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
其
Also built on 其
期 takes the 其 family's reading, キ (ki).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side期 period · 月
vs基 fundamentals · 土In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qī
Same form: 期 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 期 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 期 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qī 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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