祺
qí

good luck

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡɯ
ɡɯ

說文解字

吉也。从示其聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)