Chi
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Chi or CHI may refer to:
Greek
- Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);
- Chi Rho, the monogram for Christ formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters chi and rho (ΧΡ) of the Greek word "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ" (KRistos)
Chinese
- Ch'i or qi (氣), "energy force" in Chinese culture
- Chi (length) (尺), a traditional Chinese unit of length ("Chinese foot"), approximately ⅓ of a meter
- Chi (surname), Chinese surnames
- Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon in Chinese mythology
Igbo
- Chi, 'Chi is a person's guardian spirit. A person's higher self. Thus God is the greatest chi (Chi-ukwu, Chukwu) the guardian spirit of the world, and the higher self of the world. Chi and Chukwu are distinct but closely related. According to Mbonu Ojike, 'a man is equal to his Chi ( My Africa, 1946).'
Japanese
- Chi (kana), a Japanese kana (hiragana ち, katakana チ)
Other
- Chi River, Thailand
In science
- Named after the Greek letter:
- Chi distribution, in mathematics
- Chi-squared distribution, in mathematics
- Chi site, a DNA sequence that serves as a recombination hot spot
- A symbol for electronegativity
- Creatinine height ratio, a metric used in determining body composition
- Hyperbolic cosine integral
In fiction and popular culture
- Chi (magazine), an Italian magazine
- Chi (Chobits), a character in Chobits media
- Chi, a character in Chi's Sweet Home media
- Sailor Chi, a villain in the Sailor Moon manga
- "Chi", a song by Korn from Life Is Peachy
- Chi (film), a Canadian documentary film
- Chi, leader of BadWolf Clan
Codes and initialisms
CHI may stand for:
- Chile, "CHI" is the IOC code and FIFA code for the country, although "CHL" is the ISO three letter code
- Carvill Hurricane Index, a measure of hurricane damage potential
- Catholic Health Initiatives, a faith-based, non-profit health system
- Channel Islands (Chapman code: CHI)
- Chichester, England, is known as Chi by local people in West Sussex
- Chingford railway station, railway station code
- Child Health International, a UK-based charity for children's health (especially Cystic Fibrosis) in poor countries
- Columbia Helicopters, an American aircraft manufacturer
- Commission for Health Improvement, a former non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom
- Computer–human interaction or human–computer interaction, the study of the interaction of computers and people
- CHI (conference), an annual conference on computer-human interaction
- CHI, a secret society at Longwood University
- CHI, the IATA code for all Chicago airports
- CHI, the Amtrak code for Chicago Union Station
- Canada Health Infoway, a not-for-profit organization engaged in the development of a pan-Canadian electronic health record (EHR) system
- Community Health Index (Scotland), a system of patient identification used in Scottish public healthcare
- Closed head injury
- Celebes Health Institute
Sports
- Chicago Bears, a professional National Football League (NFL) team based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Blackhawks, a professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Bulls, a professional National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago Fire Soccer Club, a professional Major League Soccer (MLS) team based in Bridgeview, Illinois
People with the given name
- Chi Cheng (musician) (1970-2013), American musician
- Chi McBride (born 1961), American actor
- Chi Onwurah (born 1965), British Labour Party Politician
- Chichi Bollat (born 1966), Guatemalan master
See also
- Chicago, known as Chi-Town
- Qi (disambiguation)
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