Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state / surname Qi
Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense) / willow

杞 character breakdown

self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa

This character looks like a butcher's hook. In the space station, Joan of Arc wants to conduct an experiment about a sixth order chaotic pendulum. First she hooks a butcher's hook to a sickle, then sticks the sickle's end into a flute, and finally hooks the handle of a shovel into the last hole of the flute. She then swings the chaotic pendulum to observe its behaviour.
surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 杞 as component

杞 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 杞

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence
man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
the wife of 杞梁[Qi3 Liang2], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[Qi3] who died on a military expedition / (fig.) a widow
forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
Qi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

Sentences with 杞

杞 currently does not appear in any sentence.