The Chinese Radical: 奇


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Meaning
strange, odd, weird    奇

Explanation (It seems to be too good to be real.) Therefore: If there is a big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange!

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
chair

Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
With wood you have big possibilities, such as making: a chair.  
JLPT HSK 3
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 seems to be too good to be real:) It is a big opportunity (possibility), but it looks strange.  
JLPT HSK 3
to ride (an animal or bike), to sit astride

Left: horse 马/馬 (= mane, 4 legs 灬 and a tail ㄅ), right: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.)
A horse gives you big possibilities (opportunity), when you are riding.  
JLPT HSK 4
to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge

Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [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.  
JLPT no HSK
mountainous

Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.)
In the mountains is the big possibility, that it is mountainous.  
JLPT no HSK
unbalanced, odd, irregular, abnormal, lopsided

Left; rice field 田, right: strange/odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.)
A rice field is strange, if it is unbalanced.  
JLPT no HSK
gem, precious stone, curio

Left: king, jade 王, right: strange/odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.  
JLPT no HSK
to lean on, rely upon

Left: person 亻, right: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
A person has big possibilities, if he can lean on sth.  
JLPT no HSK
beautiful, open-work silk

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: strange, odd 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.) - [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
The thread gets a big opportunity, when (used) in beautiful silk.  
JLPT no HSK
ripples on water, swirling, small wave

Left: water 氵, right: 猗 (wild animal 犭, strange, odd 奇) [奇 = If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange.]
Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave.  

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