祇

qí
god of the earth

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

祇 uses 礻 ancestral tablet as the meaning part and 氏 shì for sound. It first meant a local god. The sense 'only, merely' was borrowed for its sound, not from the shape.

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Homophones

HSK 3
骑qí
to ride (an animal or bike)
齐qí
together, uniform, neat, be level with
其qí
his, her, its, their, he, she, it
棋qí
chess
奇qí
strange, odd, weird, wonderful

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