音読み: キ
訓読み: none *
画数: 12
部首: つき（月）
Meaning
Period / Term / Expectation
- 期間 — period, duration
- 期待 — expectation, hope
- 期末 — end of term
- 学期 — academic term
- 期待感 — sense of anticipation
- 長期 — long-term
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- 短期 — short-term
- 定期 — fixed period / regular
- 満期 — expiration, maturity (of a contract, loan, etc.)
- 延期 — postponement, extension
期 is a combination of the 月 radical and the phonetic element 其 (キ). The 月 (moon/month) radical suggests time or periods, and 其 gives the sound. Together, the character relates to a fixed time frame or duration — a period, a deadline, or a term. It also came to imply “expectation” as in awaiting a future point in time.