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岂
豈
qǐ
1. how? (emphatic question)
Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

岂
qǐ
what; how
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (5)

岂不
qǐbù
how couldn't...?
岂敢
qǐgǎn
how could one dare?
岂止
qǐzhǐ
not only
岂非
qǐfēi
wouldn't it be ... ?
岂有此理
qǐyǒucǐlǐ
how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous
HSK 6

Alternate Entries

岂
kǎi
old variant of [[愷|恺<kǎi>]] / old variant of [[凱|凯<kǎi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,725
Word Frequency Rank
6,093 of 84,292