Memory phrase for the character: 祺
祺
Meaning
felicity, auspicious, propitious, good luck, euphoria Pronunciation qí Explanation Left: to show, altar 示, right: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing)
Mnemonic
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At the altar and while threshing, you feel: felicity. Radicals
示
to show, altar Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
其
grain shovel/scoop With 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)
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Vocabulary
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段祺瑞 Duàn Qí ruì
Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
商祺 shāng qí
business is auspicious; conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well!
商祺 shāng qí
