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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 杞

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
杞 qǐ - Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- surname Qi
杞 qǐ - Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
- willow

List Ranking for: 杞

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 32,951 31,241

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 木 己

Radical:

木

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

己

Semantic:

木

Hint:

Tree

Other Words Containing 杞

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
杞人忧天 - - 22,468 43,861 32,187
枸杞 - - 94,139 13,872 6,123