Zhōu Qí 周祈 (fl. Wànlì period, late sixteenth century), native of Qízhōu 蘄州 in Húguǎng (modern Húběi). Held a mínbù lángzhōng 民部郎中 (= hùbù lángzhōng 戶部郎中) office; the jìnshì date and the exact provincial commission are unrecoverable. Compiler of the Míng yì kǎo 名義考 (KR3j0064), a twelve-juan lexical-etymological compendium organized in four domains (heaven, earth, the human, things), printed in 1583/1584. Not in CBDB. The Sìkù editors’ note that “his beginning and end cannot be traced” remains the best summary of available biographical evidence.