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surname Qi
his; her; its; their
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亓 is an archaic variant of 其 (qí). In terms of structure, the character places a single horizontal stroke above the base component 兀 (wù). In early texts, it served as both a grammatical particle and a demonstrative pronoun, with meanings such as "his", "her", "its", or "that". As the writing system standardized, the more complex 其 took over these functions, making 亓 obsolete in everyday writing and literature. Today, it survives solely as a rare surname, functioning only as a phonetic identifier for family lineage and no longer carrying any of its historical grammatical or demonstrative senses.
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