Keyword
willow
- medlar tree
- a small feudal state
- Frequency
- #3459
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
qǐ
Mnemonic
木 (tree) gives the meaning and 己 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
枸杞
wolfberry (Lycium chinense); genus Lycium
杞人忧天
(lit.) like the man of 杞 (Qǐ) who feared the sky would fall (idiom); (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
杞县
Qi County or Qixian, a county in Kaifeng City 开封市 (KāifēngShì), Henan
杞
Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow
枸杞子
goji berry
杞国
the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence