期
period, time, date, term
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
- ゴ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
期 centers on a defined span of time: a period, a set date, or a term. It marks when something is expected or scheduled to happen.
Most common words using 期
24 of 734- 期間きかんN3
period; term; interval
- 期待きたいN3
expectation; anticipation; hope
- 時期じきN3
time; season; period; phase; stage
- 定期ていきN3
fixed period; fixed term
- 初期しょきN1
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
- 期限きげんN3
term; period; time frame
- 長期ちょうきN3
long-term
- 同期どうきN3
same period; corresponding period
- 延期えんきN3
postponement; deferment; adjournment
- 短期たんきN3
short-term
- 早期そうきN1
early stage
- 後期こうきN3
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
- 末期まっきN1
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage; final stages; terminal stage (of a disease)
- 一時期いちじき
a period (of time)
- 短期間たんきかん
short term; short time
- 最期さいごN1
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
- 学期がっきN3
school term; semester
- 前期ぜんきN3
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
- 周期しゅうきN2
cycle; period
- 次期じき
next term; next period
- 今期こんき
the present term; the present session
- 任期にんきN1
term of office
- 中期ちゅうき
middle period
- 画期的かっきてきN1
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
Study
Etymology
期 combines 其 (a winnowing basket, here used phonetically for キ) with 月 (moon/month), suggesting a period of time marked by the moon. The modern form retains this phono-semantic structure.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 其 looks like a basket, and the right side 月 is the moon. Imagine a basket used to collect moons, each one marking a new period or term.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, picture a key that unlocks a new time period: key -> キ, and the moon marks the start of the term.