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Radical: 土 11 strokes
Meaning: headland
💡 Imagine a 'queer' (qi) piece of land sticking out into the sea.
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埼 (qí) meaning in English —

埼 (qí) depicts a headland—a narrow piece of land projecting into water. Its radical 土 (earth) suggests land, while the phonetic 奇 (qí, strange) hints at the unusual shape of such promontories. Common in Japanese place names like Saitama (埼玉県), but rare in Chinese, it evokes coastal geography.

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