Trace Panda
■ radical

qí

strange

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.

大
meaning

big

可
sound

be willing; allow — The pronunciation of 奇 was similar to 可 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

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Characters that use 奇 as a component, most common first.

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