岐 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qí

high

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

支 Sound component

zhī

support, hold up

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qí

high; majestic; fork in road; variant of 歧[qí]

Qí

surname Qi; also used in place names

Most common words with 岐

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	岐	surname Qi
	王岐山	Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
	岐山	Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞\|宝鸡[Bǎojī], Shaanxi
	岐山县	Qishan County in Baoji 寶雞\|宝鸡[Bǎojī], Shaanxi
	岐阜县	Gifu prefecture, Japan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3928th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	7
Unicode	U+5C90
Shuowen	“，周文王所封，在右扶風美陽中水鄉。从邑，支聲。岐，或从山，支聲。因岐山以名之也。，古文从枝，从山。”

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