奇

jī
#563 most
frequent character
odd (number)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

奇 pairs 大 person with 可 kě, a sound part. The person part points to the first sense, something unique or unusual. It later grew to odd, strange, or rare. The sound link with 可 is not clear in modern Mandarin.

奇 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
畸
sound15 characters
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Same Characters, Different Readings

奇qí
strange, odd, weird, wonderful

Homophones

鸡jī
chicken
积jī
to amass, to accumulate
几jī
almost
几jī
small table
基jī
(bound form) base, foundation
激jī
to arouse, to incite, to excite

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