琦 qí gem Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound. Components 王 王 Meaning component wáng king 奇 奇 Sound component qí strange Character Evolution Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangɡral Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica