CHINESE CHARACTER

期 (qī): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

qī

a period of time; date, time; phase

HSK 112 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

月

Primary radical

月 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 期.

其

Phonetic component

其 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 12

Write 期 in 12 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 期

星期xīngqī

HSK 1 · week; day of the week; Sunday

HSK 1 · Sunday

HSK 1 · Sunday

HSK 3 · vacation

HSK 3 · term; semester

期qī

HSK 4 · a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term

Examples using 期

星期

除了星期天他每天工作。

Chú le xīng qī tiān tā měi tiān gōng zuò。

He works every day except Sunday.

星期日

我星期日总是在家。

Wǒ xīng qī rì zǒng shì zài jiā。

I am always at home on Sundays.

星期天

明天是星期天。

Míng tiān shì xīng qī tiān。

Tomorrow is Sunday.

FAQ

What does 期 (qī) mean in Chinese?

a period of time; date, time; phase

How do you write 期 in stroke order?

期 has 12 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 期?

月 is the radical in 期. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 期?

星期 (xīngqī): week; day of the week; Sunday; 星期日 (xīngqīrì): Sunday; 星期天 (xīngqītiān): Sunday.