noun #43,999

Meanings

  1. 1 good fortune; auspiciousness (literary)

Examples

Shūxìn cháng yǐ shùnqí jiéwěi.
Letters often close with the wish "may you have good fortune".
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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