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亲戚 (qīn qi): meaning and stroke order

亲戚 (qīn qi) means a relative (i.e. family relation), 门个,位.

亲戚

Simplified
亲戚
Traditional
親戚
Pinyin
qīn qi

Stroke order of 亲戚

亲

  • qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood)
  • qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 親

Stroke by stroke

戚

  • qī variant of 戚[qi1]; grief
  • qī variant of 慼|戚[qi1]
  • Qī surname Qi
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 慼

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 亲戚

  1. qīn qi Traditional 親戚
    • a relative (i.e. family relation)
    • CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Radicals of the characters

亲
Radical 亠 (Kangxi radical 8) · 9 strokes · 立 on top, 木 below
戚
Radical 戈 (Kangxi radical 62) · 11 strokes · built from 戊 and 尗

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

亲戚 in our stories

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  • 亲戚们都笑了:“老人家糊涂了,送你一箱旧衣服吧。”

    qīnqi men dōu xiào le lǎorenjia hútu le sòng nǐ yì xiāng jiù yīfu ba

    The relatives all laughed: "The old man lost his wits. He's left you a box of old clothes."

    From the story Great-uncle's wooden box HSK 6

  • 去年春节,她回国探亲。在老家的饭桌上,亲戚们问她:“什么时候回来定居?”

    qùnián Chūnjié tā huí guó tànqīn zài lǎojiā de fànzhuō shàng qīnqi men wèn tā shénme shíhou huílai dìngjū

    Last Spring Festival she went back to China to see her family. At the dinner table in her hometown, relatives asked, "When are you coming back for good?"

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 亲戚

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).