IDENTITY
期qīperiod of time; to expect
HSK 3Top 190
CORE MEANING
period of time; to expect
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.period of timeHSK3
- 2.to expectHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 月moon radical (yuè)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰其月
- gives the sound qī
- moon = calendar time
USAGE
Common words
星期xīngqīweek
日期rìqīdate
时期shíqīperiod
Graded examples
今天是星期五。Jīntiān shì xīngqīwǔ.HSK1
Today is Friday.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 棋
- 其
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Time (月) in its (其) place — a set period.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #190
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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