奇
奇 — gi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 기특할 기
- Romanization
- gi
- English
- strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
- Mandarin
- qí
- Japanese on'yomi
- キ, ギ, イ, アイ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- く.しき あや.しい くし めずら.しい
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,367 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 (37, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 可
- Unicode
- U+5947
Parts that make up 奇
How 奇 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 奇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 大, 可.
Korean example words with 奇
- 기계奇計 Korean gloss: 기묘한 꾀
- 기모奇謀 Korean gloss: 기묘한 꾀
- 기문奇文 Korean gloss: 기묘한 글
- 기문奇聞 Korean gloss: 기이한 소문
- 기법奇法 Korean gloss: 기이한 방법
- 기성奇聲 Korean gloss: 기이한 소리
- 기수奇獸 Korean gloss: 기이한 짐승
- 기연奇緣 Korean gloss: 기이한 인연
- 기채奇綵 Korean gloss: 기이한 채색
- 기행奇行 Korean gloss: 기이한 행동
- 괴기怪奇 Korean gloss: 괴상하고 기이함
- 기벽奇癖 Korean gloss: 남달리 기이한 버릇
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 奇
- 奇妙きみょう strange; odd; peculiar
- 奇跡きせき miracle; wonder; marvel
- 好奇心こうきしん curiosity; inquisitiveness
- 奇襲きしゅう surprise attack
- 奇異きい odd; strange; queer
- 奇抜きばつ (very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric
- 奇想天外きそうてんがい fantastic; bizarre; incredible
- 奇形きけい deformity; malformation; strange shape
- 数奇すうき misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate
- 怪奇かいき bizarre; strange; weird
- 奇術きじゅつ magic; conjuring; sleight of hand
- 奇数きすう odd number
Characters sharing the phonetic 可
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “기”
Other hanja with radical 大
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