qí
even, uniform
Pictograph of three stalks of grain. Alludes to the even and uniform appearance of a grain field.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 齊
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
neat | ||
orderly | ||
complete | ||
at the same time | ||
to pull together |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤəj | dzej | qí | uniform, equal |
*[dz]ˤəj | dzej | qí | Qí (place name) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.1370% of movies
1632nd most common character in movies
1063rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9F4A |
Shuowen | “齊,禾麥吐穗上平也。象形。” |
Sources
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