Memory phrase for the character: 奇

奇

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Meaning

strange, odd, weird

Pronunciation

jī, qí

Explanation

 Top: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big), bottom: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible)

Mnemonic
 
(It seems to be too good to be real:) It is a big opportunity (possibility), but it looks strange.

Radicals

大 big, hugeA person 人 with spread arms 一 appears big.
奇 strange, odd, weird(It seems to be too good to be real.) Therefore: If there is a big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange!
可 be possible




 Vocabulary

刘少奇 Liú Shào qí  Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
奇怪 qí guài  strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
惊奇 jīng qí  to be amazed; to be surprised; to wonder
赫奇帕奇 Hè qí pà qí  Hufflepuff (Harry Potter)
赫奇帕奇 Hè qí pà qí  Hufflepuff (Harry Potter)
咄咄称奇 duō duō chēng qí  to cluck one's tongue in wonder
奇葩异卉 qí pā yì huì  rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇葩异卉 qí pā yì huì  

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