奇

See also: 竒

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : A man 大 riding a horse. The horse is now 可.

Original form of 骑 (to ride). Current meaning by sound loan.

Alternative forms

• 竒

Han character

奇 (radical 37 大+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大一弓口 (KMNR), four-corner 4062₁, composition ⿱大可)

1. strange, unusual, uncanny, occult, odd

Derived characters

• 寄 椅 綺 埼 崎 旖 騎 (骑)

Descendants

• 可

References

• KangXi: page 250, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5892
• Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 533, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5947
• Richard Sears, "奇" (in English/Mandarin), Chinese Etymology. URL accessed on 2014-03-17.

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		奇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qí, jī (qi², ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ, ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹, kei⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: chih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹, kei⁴
    • Yale: gēi, kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹, kei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/, /kʰei̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî
    • Tâi-lô: kî
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³/

Old Chinese pronunciation (奇, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
奇								jī								‹ kje ›								/*[k](r)aj/								odd (number)
奇								qí								‹ gje ›								/*N-k(r)aj/								strange
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
奇					9973					奇					歌					1					羈					/*kral/					說文從大可，戴侗從立可聲，古踦字
奇					9997					奇					歌					1					竒					/*ɡral/

Adjective

奇

1. odd (numbers)

   奇数 odd number

Adjective

奇

1. strange, odd, weird, unusual

   奇怪 strange, 奇特 peculiar

2. wonderful, fantastic, remarkable

   奇迹 miracle, 奇妙 fantastic

Compounds

• jī
  • 奇零
  • 奇偶
  • 奇偶性
  • 奇数
• qí

奇昂 奇拔 奇兵 奇才 奇策 奇耻大辱 奇峰 奇功 奇怪 奇观 奇瑰 奇诡 奇花异草 奇幻 奇货可居 奇祸 奇计

奇迹 奇景 奇绝 奇崛 奇峻 奇丽 奇妙 奇谋 奇葩 奇癖 奇僻 奇巧 奇趣 奇缺 奇事 奇谈 奇谈怪论

奇特 奇伟 奇文共赏 奇闻 奇袭 奇效 奇形怪状 奇秀 奇勋 奇异 奇遇 奇珍异宝 奇装异服 奇瑞

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Japanese

Kanji

奇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kan’on: き (ki)
• Kun: くし (kushi), めずらしい (mezurashii), あやしい (ayashii)

Compounds

• 奇異
• 奇怪
• 奇遇
• 奇骨
• 奇才
• 奇襲
• 奇術
• 奇人
• 奇数
• 奇跡
• 奇特
• 奇抜
• 奇癖
• 奇妙
• 奇形
• 奇談
• 奇し (くすし, kusushi)

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Korean

Hanja

奇 (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki) or 奇 (ui) (hangeul 의, revised Yi, McCune-Reischauer Yi) : 기특할 기, 의지할 의

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Vietnamese

Han character

奇 (kì, kỳ, cả, cơ)

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