祈

qí
#2,438 most
frequent character
to implore, to pray, to request

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

祈 joins 礻, an ancestral tablet linked to worship, with 斤 jīn as the sound part, a loose match. Worship points to the first meaning, to pray for blessings. It then grew to pray generally and to ask or request.

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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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