其
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his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #488 U+5176
How 其 is formed
How to remember it
his-hers-its-theirs · Heisig RSH #1335
wicker basket + animal legs — as a component also called: hamper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 其 as their sound component
These characters all use 其 (qí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound component | qí | his, her, its, their; that |
| 基 | jī | foundation, base |
| 期 | qī | a period of time; date, time; phase |
| 旗 | qí | banner, flag, streamer |
| 棋 | qí | chess; any strategy game |
| 欺 | qī | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive |
| 淇 | qí | a river in Henan province |
| 箕 | jī | sieve; dust pan; garbage bag |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 麒 | qí | mythical unicorn |
| 祺 | qí | good luck, good fortune |
| 萁 | qí | pulses, legumes |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; variegated; superlative |
| 骐 | qí | piebald horse; excellent horse |
| 蜞 | qí | lightfoot crab; worm, leech |
| 鲯 | qí | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |
Words containing 其
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大行其道 | dà xíng qí dào | rampant; very popular |
| 上下其手 | shàng xià qí shǒu | to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; fig. conspiring t… |
| 其来有自 | qí lái yǒu zì | there is a reason for it; (of sth) not incidental |
| 反其道而行之 | fǎn qí dào ér xíng zhī | to do the very opposite; to act in a diametrically opposite way |
| 出其不意 | chū qí bù yì | to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard |
| 文如其人 | wén rú qí rén | the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom) |
| 如无其事 | rú wú qí shì | see 若無其事|若无其事[ruo4 wu2 qi2 shi4] |
| 不得其门而入 | bù dé qí mén ér rù | to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of… |
| 知其不可而为之 | zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī | to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom) |
| 人如其名 | rén rú qí míng | (idiom) to live up to one's name; true to one's name |
| 自得其乐 | zì dé qí lè | to find amusement in one's own way; to enjoy oneself quietly |
| 自食其力 | zì shí qí lì | lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom); fig. to stand on one's own feet; to earn one's… |
| 不计其数 | bù jì qí shù | lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable |
| 其自身 | qí zì shēn | one's own (respective); proprietary |
| 乐见其成 | lè jiàn qí chéng | to look favorably on sth; would be glad see it happen |
| 以其人之道，还治其人之身 | yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn | to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confu… |
| 果不其然 | guǒ bù qí rán | (idiom) just as expected |
| 其一 | qí yī | one of the given (options etc); the first; firstly |
| 无所不用其极 | wú suǒ bù yòng qí jí | committing all manner of crimes; completely unscrupulous |
| 沙其马 | shā qí mǎ | variant of 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛[sha1 qi2 ma3] |