(): as yet, until

() is a Chinese character meaning “as yet.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2451 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, walk. Its radical form (walk) appears in many related characters such as (biān, side), (guò, to pass, past), (hái, still, return).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. as yet
  2. until

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticwalk

Decomposition: ⿺辶乞 (layout: surround-from-lower-left)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
qì jīn wéi zhǐso far
qì jīnso far
qǐ qìstart and end (dates)
3
Total compounds
67
As first character
33
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 3 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

jīn
0.66460,816 co-occurrences
zhǐ
0.57320,718 co-occurrences
réng
0.3772,736 co-occurrences
wéi
0.37314,040 co-occurrences
wéi
0.3481,026 co-occurrences
0.3463,654 co-occurrences
xún
0.323378 co-occurrences
wèi
0.3222,616 co-occurrences
0.314174 co-occurrences
shì
0.31210,722 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

qìjīn wéizhǐHSK 7+

as yet; hitherto; up until now

adverb

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。

qì zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .

The character "迄" has different usages in different contexts.

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huǒ xīng zuì xīn yán jiū guàn cè dào qì jīn zuì gāo 镍 hán liàng yán shí huò jiē shì zǎo qī huǒ xīng huà xué fǎn yīng

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委内瑞拉更换国防部长 代理总统内阁今最重要人事变动

wěi nèi ruì lā gēng huàn guó fáng bù cháng dài lǐ zǒng tǒng nèi gé qì jīn zuì chóng yāo rén shì biàn dòng

Venezuela Replaces Defense Minister: The Most Significant Personnel Change in the Acting President's Cabinet to Date

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qì jīn zuì jiān rèn kāng nìng dà xīng xīng bō lí táo cí 3 fā bù : . . .

"The toughest yet": Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 launched:...

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南化水库今年今降雨量挂零 台南水情维持绿灯原因曝

nán huà shuǐ kù jīn nián qì jīn jiàng yǔ liàng guà líng tái nán shuǐ qíng wéi chí lǜ dēng yuán yīn pù

Nanhua Reservoir has been hit by zero rainfall so far this year, and the reason for maintaining the green light for Tainan's water situation has been exposed

Tatoeba

今,一切妥当。

Qìjīn, yīqiè tuǒdang.

So far, so good.

Tatoeba

这部电影是我今为止看过的最好的一部。

Zhè bù diànyǐng shì wǒ qìjīnwéizhǐ kàn guo de zuì hǎo de yī bù.

This is the best movie I've ever seen.

Tatoeba

这起空难是今为止加拿大境内最严重的空难。

Zhè qǐ kōngnàn shì qìjīnwéizhǐ Jiānádà jìngnèi zuì yánzhòng de kōngnàn.

The crash was and remains to date the deadliest airplane accident on Canadian soil.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 迄 (qì) mean in Chinese?
迄 (qì) primarily means "as yet." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2451 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 迄 and 吃?
迄 (qì) and 吃 (chī) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 辶 vs 口 (same 乞 component).
How many strokes does 迄 have?
迄 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 迄?
The radical associated with 迄 is 辶 (walk). This radical appears in many characters related to walk.
What are the components of 迄?
迄 is composed of: 辶 (semantic), 乞 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿺辶乞 with a surround-from-lower-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 迄?
Common words with 迄 include: 迄今为止 (qì jīn wéi zhǐ, "so far"); 迄今 (qì jīn, "so far"); 起迄 (qǐ qì, "start and end (dates)"). There are over 3 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 迄 (qì)?
Several characters share the pronunciation qì: 七 (seven), 妻 (wife), 期 (period, expect), 齐 ((name of states and dynasties at several different periods)), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 迄 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 迄 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.