Memory phrase for the character: 期

期

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Meaning a period of time, phase

Pronunciation

qī

Explanation

Left: image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing) 其, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to separate the corn from the husk), right: moon/month 月

Mnemonic
 
Grain scoops and the moon are only seen: periodically.

Radicals

其 grain shovel/scoopWith a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
月 moon, monthWhen it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
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 Vocabulary

时期 shí qī  a period in time or history; period; time (interval); phase
邮戳日期 yóu chuō rì qī  postmark date
无霜期 wú shuāng qī  frost-free period
周期性 zhōu qī xìng  periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity
短期 duǎn qī  short-term
期限 qī xiàn  time limit; deadline; allotted time
定期 dìng qī  regularly; at regular intervals
早期 zǎo qī  early period; early phase; early stage
星期 xīng qī  week; day of the week; Sunday
初期 chū qī  initial stage; beginning period
周期 zhōu qī  period; cycle
周期 zhōu qī  

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