奇
qí
#563 most
frequent character
strange, odd, weird, wonderful
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.
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