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俟

qí

wait for, wait until, as soon as

💡 Ideographic: A person 亻 waiting for something to finish 矣; 矣 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 9 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

particle of completed action

⿰亻矣 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

yǐ

矣

particle of completed action

7 strokes

sī

厶

private, secret

📷 Pictographic: A silk cocoon

2 strokes

shǐ

矢

arrow, dart; to vow, to swear

📷 Pictographic: An arrow pointing upwards

5 strokes

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

tiān

天

sky, heaven; god, celestial

💡 Ideographic: The heavens 一 above a man 大

4 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

dà

大

big, great, vast, high, deep

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 俟 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

万俟 ↗

Mòqí

polysyllabic surname Moqi

Mòqí

万俟 ↗

polysyllabic surname Moqi

(literary) to wait for

sì

俟 ↗

(literary) to wait for