noun #43,999

Meanings

  1. 1 good fortune; auspiciousness (literary)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shūxìn cháng yǐ shùnqí jiéwěi.
Letters often close with the wish "may you have good fortune".
HSK 7-9
Wéi chūn zhī qí.
May you enjoy good fortune in the new spring.

Tips

usage
Mostly seen in formal letter sign-offs that wish the reader well, such as 顺祺 and 时祺 ('wishing you well'). It is also a popular given-name character because of its auspicious 'good fortune' meaning.

Components

radical
shì
ritual; divine (left-side radical)
The altar/spirit radical , the left-side form of . It marks as something to do with blessings from heaven, the same family as 'fortune' and 'auspicious'.
phonetic
its; that (phonetic)
The right side supplies the sound qí directly and unchanged. The same phonetic gives qí in 'chess' and 'flag', a clear sound pattern.

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