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The character 奇 is an ideogrammic compound with 大 (dà), meaning "great", at the top and 可 (kě), related to "approval" or "possibility", at the bottom. Its original sense depicted a person standing in an uneven or asymmetrical stance, visually conveying something out of the ordinary. This idea of asymmetry developed into the mathematical meaning of an "odd number", one that cannot be divided into equal pairs. The meaning also broadened to describe anything strange, unusual, rare, or surprisingly wonderful, capturing the essence of things that deviate from norms and provoke surprise or curiosity through their distinctive nature.
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这件事很奇怪。
我对他感到好奇。
这是一个奇特的玩具。
奇迹出现在我们面前。
她喜欢看奇幻小说。
大自然创造了许多奇观。
这个发明真是奇妙。
在奇异的光芒中，物体消失了。