期 — Chinese character
期
qī
a period of time; date, time; phase
- Pinyin
- qī
- Radical
- 74 ⽉ (Moon)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 其 月
- Formation
- pictophonetic — moon; meaning component 月; sound component 其
- Japanese
- 期 as a kanji
Common words with 期
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 预期 (預期) | yù qī | to expect; to anticipate |
| 日期 | rì qī | date |
| 初期 | chū qī | initial stage; beginning period |
| 近期 | jìn qī | near in time; in the near future |
| 早期 | zǎo qī | early period; early phase; early stage |
| 周期 (週期) | zhōu qī | period; cycle |
| 任期 | rèn qī | term of office; 届 (jiè) |
English words written with 期
期 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Art of War 4 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 16 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Analects 7.30
- Analects 17.21
- Analects 20.2
- Art of War 9.27
- Art of War 11.38
- Art of War 11.66
- Art of War 13.24
- Hexagram 54
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.