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chair
yǐ
Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
With wood you have big possibilities, such as making: a chair.
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strange, odd, weird
jī|qí
Top: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big), bottom: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible)
It is a big possibility but it looks strange.
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to ride (an animal or bike), to sit astride
qí
Left: horse 马 (=馬 mane, 4 legs 灬 and a tail ㄅ), right: strange, odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.)
A horse gives you big possibilities, when you are riding.
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to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge
jì
Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 = tall/big 大 and possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
Under the roof, there are great possibilities, because you depend on each-other.
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mountainous
qí
Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.)
In the mountains is the big possibility, that it is mountainous.
| 山 奇 可 |
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unbalanced, odd, irregular, abnormal, lopsided
jī
Left; rice field 田, right: strange/odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.)
A rice field is strange, if it is unbalanced.
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gem, precious stone, curio
qí
Left: king, jade 王, right: strange/odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.
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to lean on, rely upon
yǐ
Left: person 亻, right: strange, odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
A person has big possibilities, if he can lean on sth.
| 亻 奇 |
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beautiful, open-work silk
qǐ
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: strange, odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
The thread gets a big opportunity, when (used) in beautiful silk.
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ripples on water, swirling, small wave
yī
Left: water 氵, right: 猗 (wild animal 犭, strange, odd 奇) [奇 = It is a big 大 possibility 可 but it looks strange.]
Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave.
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