戚
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(bound form) relatives; kin; (bound form) grief; sorrow; (old) battle-axe
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Dict coverage rank #2,326 U+621A
How 戚 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A younger brother 尗 killed in a war 戈
How to remember it
kin · Heisig RSH #1664
parade + 上 above + 小 small
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 戚 as their sound component
These characters all use 戚 (qī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戚 sound component | qī | ashamed, grieving; related to; relative |
| 槭 | qì | maple tree |
| 嘁 | qī | ashamed; grieving; onomatopoetic |
Words containing 戚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 | jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī | good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked |
| 皇亲国戚 | huáng qīn guó qī | the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections |
| 休戚相关 | xiū qī xiāng guān | to share the same interests (idiom); to be closely related; to be in the same boat |
| 走亲戚 | zǒu qīn qi | to visit relatives |
| 鼓盆之戚 | gǔ pén zhī qī | drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his… |
| 外戚 | wài qī | (historical) consort kin |
| 戚族 | qī zú | family members; fellow clansman |
| 戚继光 | Qī Jì guāng | Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader |
| 亲戚 | qīn qi | a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 熊亲戚 | xióng qīn qi | (coll.) busybody relative |
| 戚友 | qī yǒu | relatives and friends |
| 自贻伊戚 | zì yí yī qī | to create trouble for oneself (idiom) |
| 乡戚 | xiāng qi | a relative; a family member |
| 戚属 | qī shǔ | relative; family member; dependent |
| 哀戚 | āi qī | sorrow; grief |
| 悲戚 | bēi qī | mournful |
| 戚谊 | qī yì | relation; close friendship |
| 戚戚 | qī qī | sorrowful; distressed |
| 戚戚 | qī qī | intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed |