jī

觭

Character · AdjectiveTraditional幾

odd number; small table

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

adjective

odd (number); single; not divisible by two

archaic

This is a literary variant used in classical Chinese and mathematics. It is equivalent to the more common word 奇 (jī).

Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
zhān占
bǔ卜
zhōng中
 ，
jī奇
shù数
wéi为
yáng阳
 。

In ancient divination, odd numbers were considered yang.

Cǐ此
chù处
de的
 “
jī几
 ”
yǔ与
 “
jī奇
 ”
dú读
yīn音
xiāng相
tóng同
 ，
jūn均
biǎo表
shì示
jī奇
shù数
 。

Here, '几' and '奇' are pronounced the same and both mean 'odd number'.