Kiokun Logo
其
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

his-hers-its-theirs

HSK 5
Human →Relations
qí
キ、ギ、ゴ
それ、その
기
Pictograph of a basket, now written as 箕. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
其
Regular
Modern
Chinese
其 [qí]
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
Japanese
其れ (rare) それ 同音

pronoun

  1. usually kana that; it (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind)
  2. usually kana then; that point (in time); that time
  3. archaic there (indicating a place near the listener)
  4. archaic you
其 、 汝 し 同音

pronoun

  1. archaic that
  2. archaic you
  3. archaic oneself; themself
其 、 夫 そ 同音

pronoun

  1. archaic that
  2. archaic he; she; that person
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
万一それが起これば、君はどうしますか。
Should that happen, what will you do?
それが高1の時だから17年が経ちました。
That was when I was in the first year at high school, so 17 years have passed since then.
CHINESE WORDS (200)
其他 [qí​tā] #263
other
其实 [qí​shí] #476
actually
其实 [qí​shí] #476
actually
其中 [qí​zhōng] #692
among
其它 [qí​tā] #1,278
other
尤其 [yóu​qí] #1,791
especially
及其 [jí​qí] #11,077
(conjunction linking two nouns) and its ...
尤其是 [yóu​qí​shì] #1,434
especially
其次 [qí​cì] #5,248
next
其余 [qí​yú] #4,879
the rest
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (111)
その後 [そのあと] #430
after that
その時 [そのとき] #739
at that time
その場 [そのば] #879
there
その日 [そのひ] #1,166
that day
その人 [そのひと] #1,207
the person in question
その間 [そのあいだ] #1,743
in the meanwhile
その手 [そのて] #1,747
that kind of
その通り [そのとおり] #2,032
just like that
⭐ その上 [そのうえ] #2,124
in addition
その先 [そのさき] #2,557
beyond that point
101 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
기타 #5,845
etc.; and so on; and such
기실
truth