name of a river

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

其 sound component

  Sound component

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

淇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
淇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
淇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

river in Henan province; name of a river

Most common words with 淇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冰淇淋

ice cream

name of a river

舒淇

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淇县

Qi county in Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁[Hè​bì], Henan

淇滨区

Qibin district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[Hè​bì​shì], Henan