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椅

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chair

HSK 2

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イ

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Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.

Components

木 tree+ 奇 strange =

椅 chair

木 Meaning component

mù tree

奇 Phonetic component

qí strange

strange, unusual, uncanny, occult

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

椅

Regular

Modern

Chinese

椅 [yǐ]

chair

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (35)

椅子 [yǐzi] #2,115

轮椅 [lúnyǐ] #4,911

轮椅 [lúnyǐ] #4,911

座椅 [zuòyǐ] #12,256

长椅 [chángyǐ] #12,444

长椅 [chángyǐ] #12,444

躺椅 [tǎngyǐ] #18,626

椅背 [yǐbèi] #32,327

the back of a chair

摇椅 [yáoyǐ] #28,261

摇椅 [yáoyǐ] #28,261

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JAPANESE WORDS (28)

長椅子 [ながいす] #12,061

⭐ 車椅子 [くるまいす] #16,147

パイプ椅子 [パイプいす] #21,739

folding chair (with tubular metal frame)

丸椅子 [まるいす] #38,304

安楽椅子 [あんらくいす] #43,460

座椅子 [ざいす] #48,648

legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)

籐椅子 [とういす] #55,327

寝椅子 [ねいす] #56,523

揺り椅子 [ゆりいす] #59,940

肘掛け椅子 [ひじかけいす] #68,279

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KOREAN WORDS (1)