奇

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

• 倚, 𠭑, 𠵇, 埼, 婍, 𭓊, 㞆, 崎, 徛, 㥓, 掎, 渏, 猗, 琦, 陭, 旑, 旖, 䐀, 椅, 㱦, 𪸴, 犄, 琦, 𨓾, 畸, 𥇚, 𥏜, 碕, 䄎, 𥟏, 𥺿, 綺(绮), 𦖊, 䗁, 裿, 觭, 䛴, 䝝, 𬥛, 𧼘, 踦, 躸, 輢(𫐎), 錡(锜), 𠔵, 㚡, 䩭, 䭲, 騎(骑), 𩩛, 𩳣, 𩸞, 齮(𬺈), 剞, 𨜅, 攲, 敧, 欹, 㿲, 䫑, 鵸, 𠖏, 寄, 㟢, 䓫, 𩃤, 㢊, 㾨, 𨵤(𬮮)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5892
• Dae Jaweon: page 510, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 533, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5947

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kral, *ɡral) : semantic 大 (“big; great”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Definitions edit

奇

1. strange; odd; weird; unusual

   奇怪  ―  qíguài  ―  strange

   奇特  ―  qítè  ―  peculiar

2. wonderful; fantastic; remarkable

   奇跡／奇迹  ―  qíjì (M); qíjī (T)  ―  miracle

   奇妙  ―  qímiào  ―  fantastic

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Definitions edit

奇

1. ^† unsmooth; disadvantageous
2. ^† surplus
3. (mathematics) odd

   奇數／奇数  ―  jīshù  ―  odd number

4. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) Classifier for a single one of a pair or a large collection.

   蜀奇箸 [Eastern Min]  ―  siŏh-kiă dê̤ṳ / [suoʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ia⁵⁵ tøy²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  a single chopstick

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Pronunciation 3 edit

Definitions edit

奇

1. ^† Alternative form of 矮 (ǎi, “short”)

Pronunciation 4 edit

Definitions edit

奇

1. ^† Alternative form of 倚 (yǐ, “to lean on”)

References edit

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00859
• “奇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. strange

Readings edit

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō); ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: くし (kushi, 奇し); めずらしい (mezurashii, 奇しい)^{←めづらしい (medurasii, 奇しい, historical)}; あやしい (ayashii, 奇しい)

Compounds edit

See also edit

• 奇(くす)し (kusushi)

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) き​ [kíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi]

Adjective edit

奇(き) • (ki) ^{←き (ki)?}-na (adnominal 奇(き)な (ki na), adverbial 奇(き)に (ki ni))

1. strange

Inflection edit

Noun edit

奇(き) • (ki) ^{←き (ki)?}

1. strangeness

Derived terms edit

• 奇(き)を衒(てら)う (ki o terau)

References edit

Etymology 1 edit

Hanja edit

奇 (eumhun 기이할 기 (giihal gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“strange, unusual, uncanny, occult”).

Etymology 2 edit

Hanja edit

奇 (eumhun 의지할 의 (uijihal ui))

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Han character edit

奇: Hán Nôm readings: kỳ, cả, cơ, kì

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