strange; odd; weird

Made up of [ big; great; large; very radical 37, can; may; able to ]
Used as component in :
Made with 8 strokes.
The elements making it up suggest 'big' 'ability' which can be thought of as curiosity, eccentricity

Related characters


Also uses component: (husband) měi (beautiful) ; (do not) ; qìng (celebrate) ; shī (to lose) ; tài (too) ; tiān (sky) ; tóu (head) ; yāng (center) ; (barbarians)
Also uses component: á (what?) (elder brother) ; (elder brother) ; (what) ; (river)

Sounds same

(board game) ; (his)

Different tone

(seven) ; (phase) ; (to rise) ; (gas) ; (steam)

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People

刘少奇 Liu Shaoqi

Proverbs

出奇制勋 chū qí zhì xūn Using a surprise or ingenious scheme to achieve success.
奇货可居 qí huò kě jū Something that people pay good money for in future. A market opportunity.