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淇

qí
noun #48,865

Meanings

  1. 1 name of the Qi River (in Henan)

Examples

HSK 4
夏天孩子们爱吃冰淇淋。
Xiàtiān háizimen ài chī bīngqílín.
Kids love eating ice cream in summer.
HSK 7-9
淇河流经河南北部。
Qíhé liújīng Hénán běibù.
The Qi River flows through the northern part of Henan.
HSK 7-9
诗经里提到了淇水边。
Shījīng lǐ tídào le Qíshuǐ biān.
The Classic of Poetry mentions the banks of the Qi River.

Tips

usage
Mainly a river name (淇河), but learners meet it most often in 冰淇淋 ('ice cream'), where 淇淋 transliterates the English word 'cream'.

Components

radical
氵 shuǐ
water
The three-drop water radical on the left marks this as a body of water, fitting since the character names a river.
phonetic
其 qí
its; that
Supplies the sound on the right: 其 qí gives the reading directly with no tone change. It adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

淇 qí