其
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
其 character breakdown
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
eight; 8
Characters with 其 as component
(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
variant of 棋[qi2]
棋
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其
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木
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
variant of 棋[qi2]
棋
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其
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木
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
chess / chess-like game / a game of chess / CL:盤|盘[pan2] / chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
棋
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其
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木
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The Queen of Hearts (qi) got a little bored on the space station, so she started to play a game of chess (棋) against herself just inside the entrance (Ø2). She was so bored that she also invented new figures like the Christmas tree (木). It moves like the watchtower (其), but with each move it has a 1d20 chance to randomly distribute presents on the board.
a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]
期
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其
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月
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Recently the Queen of Hearts (qi) has become an astronomer. In front of the space station (Ø1) she sits on top of a watchtower (其) and watches the moon (月). From the moon's movement around the tower she wants to calculate its period and phase (期). She didn't consider though that not only the moon is orbiting around her, she is also orbiting the moon.
variant of 期[qi1] / period / cycle
期
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其
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月
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Recently the Queen of Hearts (qi) has become an astronomer. In front of the space station (Ø1) she sits on top of a watchtower (其) and watches the moon (月). From the moon's movement around the tower she wants to calculate its period and phase (期). She didn't consider though that not only the moon is orbiting around her, she is also orbiting the moon.
flag / variant of 旗[qi2]
旗
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方
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𠂉
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其
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Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4]
旗
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方
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𠂉
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其
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Normally the Queen of Hearts (qi) has her banner (旗) hanging on the top of the watchtower (其) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), but today a strange banner (旗) with a square (方) on it is hanging there instead. The Queen of Hearts wants to go up there to get the banner down, but somehow her key (𠂉) doesn't open the door anymore.
Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Si1 luo4 fa2 ke4]
(phonetic) / this
to take unfair advantage of / to deceive / to cheat
Words with 其
to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too
internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
see 八仙過海，各顯神通|八仙过海，各显神通[Ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 , ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1]