12.02Usage: +
期
1. Date (a certain phase)
- 日期 (rì qī) Date (Year/Month/Day)
- 时期 (shí qī) Period Literal. Time and date
- 到期 (dào qī) Due Literal. Arrive at a certain date
- 过期 (guò qī) Expire Literal. Past a certain date
- 学期 (xué qī) School term Literal. Study phase
- 更年期 (gēng niǎn qī) Menopause Literal. Altering-age phase
2. A date to anticipate
- 期望 Hope Literal. A date to anticipate and gaze at
- 期待 (qī dài) Look forward to Literal. A date to anticipate and await
+ SIMILAR CHARACTERS +
Basic component: 其 (qí) Such / That
- 欠 Lack Radical + 其 = 欺 (qī) To deceive / Take advantage
- 木 Wood Radical + 其 = 棋 (qí) Chess
- 方 Bamboo Radical + 人 + 其 = 旗 (qí) Flag / Banner
- 鹿 Deer Radical + 其 = 麒 (qí) Qilin (麒麟) – a mythical chimaera creature that is part elk and part dragon with elements of other animals such as fish-scaled skin and oxtail. This was probably the Chinese's first impression of a giraffe – a rare animal that even the Romans once termed it Cameleopard, thinking it is a cross between a camel and a leopard. Interestingly, up till today, these are the characters for "giraffe" in Japanese, except it is pronounced Kirin.