The Japanese Radical: 奇


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strange    奇

Explanation Experience shows that big business opportunities always come with greater risk. Therefore: If there is a big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it might look strange!

Used in these characters:
JLPT 2Joyo 5
come near, approach, meet, visit
yoru, KI
Top: roof 宀, bottom: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
Under a roof, there is the big possibility to get closer.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
strange, unusual, odd
KI
Top: big 大, bottom: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.)
(It seems to be too good to be real.) It is a big opportunity (possibility), but it looks strange.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
horseback riding, rider, equestrian
KI
Left: horse 馬 (image with a mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility 可, but it looks strange.)
A horse gives you big opportunities (=possibilities), when you are riding.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
cape, landhead, promontory
saki, KI
Left: mountain 山, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
(A beach might be behind?) Behind this "mountain" are big possibilities, because it is a cape.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
chair, seat, position
I
Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
The tree became a strange chair.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
cape (geography), spit (geography), promontory
sai,
Left: earth 土, right: strange/unusual 奇 (If it is a too big 大 opportunity 可 (possibility), it looks strange.)
(Maybe, there is a beautiful beach?) The earth has great possibilities beyond the cape (promontory).  

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