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耆
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man of sixty

HSK 10
Human →Relations →Occupations
qí
キ、シ
おい.る
기, 치
Phonosemantic compound. 老 represents the meaning and 旨 represents the sound.
Components
老 old man+ 旨 purpose =
耆 man of sixty
老 Meaning component
lǎo old man
old, aged
旨 Phonetic component
zhǐ purpose
purpose, aim
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Notes
Similar Characters
佬 man咾 a noise姥 maternal grandmother栳 a basket铑 rhodium ruthenium (simp)耄 elderly person耋 aged孝 filial piety嘗 attempt (trad)指 finger稽 verify脂 grease詣 achievement (trad/jp)诣 accomplishment (simp)酯 ester鮨 seasoned
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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 Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
耆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
耆 [qí]
man of sixty or seventy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
焉耆 [Yān​qí] #49,923
Yanqi county in Xinjiang
焉耆县 [Yān​qí​xiàn] #67,897
Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
焉耆县 [Yān​qí​xiàn] #67,897
Yenji Xuyzu aptonom nahiyisi or Yanqi Hui autonomous county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
焉耆回族自治县 [Yān​qí​Huí​zú​Zì​zhì​xiàn] #70,943
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
焉耆回族自治县 [Yān​qí​Huí​zú​Zì​zhì​xiàn] #70,943
Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā​yīn​guō​léng​Měng​gǔ​Zì​zhì​zhōu], Xinjiang
焉耆盆地 [Yān​qí​pén​dì]
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
耆宿 [qí​sù]
venerable old person
黄耆 [huáng​qí]
milk vetch
黄耆 [huáng​qí]
milk vetch
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
伯耆 [ほうき] #58,859
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
ジャイナ教 [ジャイナきょう] #146,486
Jainism
嗜欲 [しよく] #151,227
liking (for)
黄耆 [おうぎ] #224,088
Astragalus root
倶伎羅 [くきら]
Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
阿耆尼 [あぎに]
Agni (Vedic god of fire)
黄花黄耆 [きばなおうぎ]
membranous milk-vetch (Astragalus membranaceus)