懂中文 Dong Chinese

琦

qí

gem

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

奇 sound component

奇  Sound component

qí, jī

  

strange

Evolution

琦 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
琦 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
琦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

琦  

qí

gem, precious stone, jade; curio; valuable stone

Most common words with 琦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

琦

curio

崔琦

Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics