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琦 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)
琦 ＝ 玉 ＋ 奇
ㄑㄧˊ · qí
noun/adj — a fine jade; rare, remarkable

字源 FORM — what the parts do

玉義jadewritten 王 on the left, the jade radical
奇聲qí — gives the sound, and its "rare" sense fitsa big figure over 可 (大 + 可): out of the common run
Jade (玉, written 王) beside 奇 (qí) — a fine, uncommon jade. 奇 carries the sound and its own meaning bends in: 奇 is the out-of-the-ordinary, so 琦 is the jade that stands out, the rare and remarkable. It lives mostly in given names now: 王琦瑤.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一堆石頭裡，單單那塊玉（王）異於眾（奇）——拿起來，是琦。
Among the stones, one jade (王) stands apart from the rest (奇) — picked up, it is 琦.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)美玉、瑰琦— a fine jade
→琦行、奇琦— rare, remarkable
⇒用於人名— used in given names常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
奇qíthe phonetic and sense-twin — 奇 is the remarkable bare; 琦 sets jade 王 beside it琪qíthe near-twin — also a jade on 王, but with 其 for sound where 琦 takes 奇