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期

qī

period; term

A person delivering a parcel
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Character

期 qī

Strokes
12
Radical
月 — moon
Made of
其 his, her, its, their 月 moon
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 期

Example phrases

  • 这期很短。 Zhè qī hěn duǎn. This period is very short.
  • 这期课很难。 Zhè qī kè hěn nán. This course term is hard.
  • 我们下期见。 Wǒmen xià qī jiàn. See you in the next period.

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