奇 · Zhang Zhi
奇 (qí, 2nd tone). Shuowen Jiezi gives two glosses at once: 奇，異也。一曰不耦。从大从可 — ‘different; one says: not paired.’ That second gloss is the key. 奇 is the odd number, the thing without a matching half, and from unpairedness comes strangeness, th $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart