奇(qí)

HSK 38 strokes
Readingsqíjī

odd (number)

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Character information

Pinyin
qí / jī
Meaning
odd (number)
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 奇 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱大可

A person 大 riding a horse 可

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

大dà可kě

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 奇 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 奇

Common words using 奇 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qí奇guài怪
HSK 3

strange

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qí奇miào妙
HSK 6

wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange

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chuán传qí奇
HSK 7-9

legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

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pèi佩qí奇

Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon

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chū出qí奇

extraordinary; exceptional; unusual

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bù不zú足wéi为qí奇

not at all surprising (idiom)

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chū出qí奇zhì制shèng胜

to win by a surprise move

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liú刘shǎo少qí奇

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution

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From 奇’s common words

怪妙传佩出不足为

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