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淇

qí
noun #48,865

Meanings

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

Examples

淇河流经河南北部。
Qíhé liú jīng Hénán běibù.
The Qi River flows through the northern part of Henan.
夏天孩子们爱吃冰淇淋。
Xiàtiān háizimen ài chī bīngqílín.
Kids love eating ice cream in summer.
诗经里提到了淇水边。
Shījīng lǐ tí dào le qí shuǐ 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