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Kanji Detail for 奇 - "strange, mysterious"

奇

  • Meaning

    奇 means "strange, mysterious." Also associated with excellent.

    1. Strange - Unusual; not ordinary; different.

    2. Excellent - Outstanding; exceptional.

    3. Mysterious - Wondrous; puzzling.

    4. Miraculously - Wonderfully; by some miracle.

    5. Unexpected - Unforeseen; surprising.

    6. Odd - Not divisible by two; odd numbers.

    7. Unfortunate - Unlucky; ill-fated.

  • Words using 奇

    • 奇妙 きみょう Listen strange; odd; peculiar
    • 奇跡 きせき Listen miracle; wonder; marvel
    • 好奇心 こうきしん Listen curiosity; inquisitiveness
    • 奇襲 きしゅう Listen surprise attack
    • 奇抜 きばつ Listen (very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric
    • 奇異 きい Listen odd; strange; queer
    • 怪奇 かいき Listen bizarre; strange; weird
    • 奇数 きすう Listen odd number

  • Four-character idioms with 奇

    • 奇想天外 きそうてんがい Listen fantastic; bizarre; incredible
    • 合縁奇縁 あいえんきえん Listen a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
    • 奇怪千万 きかいせんばん Listen very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous
    • 奇技淫巧 きぎいんこう Listen ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake
    • 奇策縦横 きさくじゅうおう Listen ingenious scheme
    • 奇貨可居 きかおくべし Listen you must seize every golden opportunity; strike while the iron is hot; when you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price

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    • Verified meaning: strange, mysterious
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read き, きの, くすし)
    • Also carries these associations: excellent

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 奇

    Given names 奇(くすし)Listen

    Surnames 奇(き)Listen 奇(きの)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    strange; strangeness; curiosity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strange, unusual, uncanny, occult

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    odd (number)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Strange. Rare and seldom seen. | Odd numbers are called 奇. Such as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Even numbers are called 偶. | In old times, frequently encountering misfortune was called 數奇. Han general Li Guang had bad luck. Expression from (Records of the Grand Historian). Meaning his encounters were mostly unfortunate. | Remainder. Such as giving the large number and omitting the small remainder as "several thousand, several hundred, with a remainder." This is that meaning.

  • Onyomi

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    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

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    aya.shii(あや-しい) あや-しい

    ku.shiki(く-しき) く-しき

    kushi(くし) くし

    mezura.shii(めずら-しい) めずら-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    大 (dai)

  • Related Keywords

    strange excellent mysterious odd unexpected unfortunate unusual unique peculiar miraculous exceptional outstanding bizarre curious eccentric extraordinary quirky uncanny abnormal atypical singular outlandish freakish puzzling

Sentences including 奇

  • His story is strange , but it's believable.

  • What a queer story !

  • This is a very strange letter.

  • She did so out of curiosity.

  • A strange thing happened last night.

  • It may sound strange , but it is true.

  • His success was nothing short of a miracle.

  • She gave a narrative of her strange experience.

  • There was something strange about her.

  • They saw a strange animal there.

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