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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qī | qi1
English translation
grief, mourning; relative; related to

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Grieving xīn for a dead brother also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

戚心

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
亲戚 qīnqi a relative (i.e. family relation)親戚
relative
走亲戚 zǒu qīn qi to visit relatives走親戚
戚戚 qī qī intimate戚戚 qī qī
休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān to be closely related休戚相關
戚继光 Qī Jì guāng Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader戚繼光
悲戚 bēi qī mournful悲戚 bēi qī
皇亲国戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections皇親國戚
戚友 qī yǒu relatives and friends戚友 qī yǒu
哀戚 aī qī sorrow哀戚 aī qī
戚墅堰 Qī shù yàn Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰
戚墅堰区 Qī shù yàn qū Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 Cháng zhōu shì [Cháng​zhōu​shì], Jiangsu慼墅堰區
戚谊 qī yì relation戚誼
自贻伊戚 zì yí yī qī to create trouble for oneself (idiom)自貽伊戚

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