奇 qí strange; odd; weird

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

Related characters


Also uses 大 dà component: 夫 fū (husband) 美 měi (beautiful) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 庆 qìng (celebrate) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 太 tài (too) ; 天 tiān (sky) ; 头 tóu (head) ; 央 yāng (center) ; 夷 yí (barbarians)
Also uses 可 kě component: 啊 á (what?) 哥 gē (elder brother) ; 哥 gē (elder brother) ; 何 hé (what) ; 河 hé (river)

Sounds same

棋 qí (board game) ; 其 qí (his)

Different tone

七 qī (seven) ; 期 qī (phase) ; 起 qǐ (to rise) ; 气 qì (gas) ; 汽 qì (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.