Chinese Character Wiki

祺

qí

good luck

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

礻  Meaning component

shì

  

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

其 sound component

其  Sound component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

祺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祺 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
祺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

祺  

qí

good luck, good fortune; auspicious; propitious; good luck; felicity; euphoria; used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress

Most common words with 祺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

祺

auspicious

段祺瑞

Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord

商祺

business is auspicious

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3499th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+797A

Shuowen

“祺，吉也。从示，其聲。禥，籀文从基。”


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