杞
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Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,915 U+675E
How 杞 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 己 (phonetic, jǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 己
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 己 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound component | jǐ | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem |
| 起 | qǐ | to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up |
| 配 | pèi | to blend, to mix; to fit, to match |
| 纪 | jì | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal |
| 忌 | jì | jealous, envious; to fear; to shun |
| 岂 | qǐ | what; how |
| 芑 | qǐ | white millet |
| 圮 | pǐ | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert |
| 屺 | qǐ | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |
Words containing 杞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杞人忧天 | Qǐ rén yōu tiān | (lit.) like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom); (fig.) to entertain g… |
| 杞国忧天 | Qǐ guó yōu tiān | see 杞人憂天|杞人忧天[Qi3 ren2 you1 tian1] |
| 杞人之忧 | Qǐ rén zhī yōu | (lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom); (fig.) groundless… |
| 杞国之忧 | Qǐ guó zhī yōu | see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1] |
| 杞天之虑 | Qǐ tiān zhī lǜ | see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1] |
| 杞县 | Qǐ Xiàn | Qi County or Qixian, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan |
| 杞国 | Qǐ guó | the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of… |
| 杞梓之林 | qǐ zǐ zhī lín | (idiom) a multitude of talented people |
| 柳杞 | liǔ qǐ | willow |
| 杞妇 | Qǐ fù | the wife of 杞梁[Qi3 Liang2], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[Qi3] who died on a mili… |
| 枸杞子 | gǒu qǐ zǐ | goji berry |
| 枸杞 | gǒu qǐ | wolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium |