How to write 杞

杞 [qǐ] Meaning: 1. A name of a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty in China, located in the area of present-day Qi County, Henan Province. - Example: “杞人忧天” (the worry of the Qi people, meaning unnecessary or unfounded worries, often abbreviated as “Qi worry”). 2. A surname. 本义 (original meaning): A type of wood, specifically the Chinese wolfberry. 造字法 (character formation): Phonetic compound; combines the element for wood '木' with the phonetic '己'. 1. Same as the original meaning. It refers to a small deciduous shrub of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Its berries are oval-shaped and red, and the fruit and root bark (地骨皮) can be used for medicinal purposes. [En.] Chinese wolfberry. 引 (references): 1. From "Shuowen Jiezi": 杞, 枸杞也 (Qi refers to Chinese wolfberry). 2. From "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, South Mountain has Tai": 南山有杞 (There are Qi trees on South Mountain). 3. From "Zuo Zhuan, Year 12 of Duke Zhao": 我有圃生之杞乎 (Do I have Qi growing in my garden?). 4. From Du Fu's poem "The Battle Cart": 千村万落生荆杞 (In a thousand villages and ten thousand places grow jujube and wolfberry). 例 (examples): - 例如: 杞狗 (Qi dog, referring to a dog transformed from the Chinese wolfberry); - 杞楠 (names of two types of wood). 古国名 (ancient state name): Qi state, a vassal state established during the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC. It was destroyed by the Chu state in 445 BC.