懂中文 Dong Chinese

杞

qǐ

willow

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

己 sound component

己  Sound component

jǐ

  

self

Evolution

杞 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
杞 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
杞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杞  

qǐ

willow; medlar tree; a small feudal state (Qi); Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)

杞  

Qǐ

Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state; surname Qi

Most common words with 杞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杞人忧天

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

枸杞

genus Lycium

杞

surname Qi

杞县

Qi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kāi​fēng], Henan

杞国

the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence