奇 qí strange; odd; weird
Made up of [大 dà big; great; large; very radical 37, 可 kě can; may; able to ]Used as component 奇 in :椅 yǐ
Made with 8 strokes.
The elements making it up suggest 'big' 'ability' which can be thought of as curiosity, eccentricity
Related characters
Also uses 大 dà component: 夫 fū (husband) 美 měi (beautiful) 莫 mò (do not) 庆 qìng (celebrate) 失 shī (to lose) 太 tài (too) 天 tiān (sky) 头 tóu (head) 央 yāng (center) 夷 yí (barbarians)
Also uses 可 kě component: 啊 á (what?) 哥 gē (elder brother) 哥 gē (elder brother) 何 hé (what) 河 hé (river)
Sounds same
棋 qí (board game) 其 qí (his)Different tone
七 qī (seven) 期 qī (phase) 起 qǐ (to rise) 气 qì (gas) 汽 qì (steam)People
刘少奇 Liu ShaoqiProverbs
出奇制勋 chū qí zhì xūn Using a surprise or ingenious scheme to achieve success.奇货可居 qí huò kě jū Something that people pay good money for in future. A market opportunity.