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奇 — odd

Pinyin
jī · qí
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — jī, qí — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 奇: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

奇 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 奇 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 奇怪qíguàistrange; odd; to marvel; to be baffledHSK 3
  2. 好奇hàoqíinquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosityHSK 5
  3. 奇迹qíjìmiracle; wonder; marvelHSK 5
  4. 神奇shénqímagical; mystical; miraculousHSK 6
  5. 传奇chuánqílegendary; fantasy saga; romanceHSK 7–9
  6. 惊奇jīngqíto be amazed; to be surprised; to wonderHSK 7–9
  7. 离奇líqíodd; bizarreHSK 7–9
  8. 奇观qíguānspectacle; impressive sightHSK 7–9
  9. 奇妙qímiàowonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strangeHSK 7–9
  10. 奇特qítèpeculiar; unusual; queerHSK 7–9
  11. 稀奇xīqírare; strangeHSK 7–9
  12. 新奇xīnqínovel; new; exoticHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.