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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jí | Ji2
English translation
surname Ji
abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng [Jí lín shěng]
lucky
giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
lucky, propitious, good

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

The words  kǒu of a scholar  Shì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

士口

Explanation

Based on the original meaning "authority" or "respect" given to scholars ( Shì ). The meaning later shifted to "lucky".

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富兰 yīn 驱使 qū shǐ 吉姆 tōu běn Shū ér shòu .

Frank was scolded for having goaded Jim to steal a book.

梅格吉姆 zài 他们 tā men zuì ài guàng de 百货公司 bǎi huò gōng sī 购物 gòuwù .

Meg and Jim are shopping at their favorite department store.

zuì zhù míng de 艺术家 yì shù jiā 之一 zhī yī shì 英国 Yīng guó de 雕刻师 Lín Lín ·吉本.

One of the most famous artists was the English carver Grinling Gibbons.

吉姆 gěi 玛丽 Mǎ lì mǎi le liàng jiù Chē , 就是 jiù shì 为了 wèile kāi zhāo wán .

Jim bought Mary an old car, just for knocking around.

de 手指 shǒuzhǐ qīng zhāo 吉他 jí tā de xián .

His fingers swept the strings of the guitar.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lucky
吉他 jí tā guitar (loanword)吉他 jí tā
吉林 Jí lín also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province吉林 Jí lín
吉祥 jíxiáng lucky吉祥 jíxiáng
吉利 Jí lì lucky吉利 Jí lì
吉林省 Jí lín Shěng Jilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. , capital Changchun 長春|长春 Cháng chūn [Cháng​chūn]吉林省 Jí lín Shěng
吉祥物 jí xiáng wù mascot吉祥物 jí xiáng wù
大吉 dà jí very auspicious大吉 dà jí
吉米 Jí mǐ Jimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name)吉米 Jí mǐ
吉普 Jí pǔ Jeep (car brand)吉普 Jí pǔ
格鲁吉亚 Gé lǔ jí yà Georgia (country)格魯吉亞
安吉 Ān jí Anji county in Huzhou 湖州 Hú zhōu [Hú​zhōu], Zhejiang安吉 Ān jí
吉普车 jí pǔ chē jeep (military vehicle) (loanword)吉普車
大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving大吉大利 dà jí dà lì
弗吉尼亚 Fú jí ní yà Virginia, US state弗吉尼亞
吉尼斯 Jí ní sī Guinness (name)吉尼斯 Jí ní sī
吉隆坡 Jí lóng pō Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia吉隆坡 Jí lóng pō
成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán Genghis Khan (1162-1227)成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán
吉尔吉斯斯坦 Jí ěr jí sī sī tǎn Kyrgyzstan吉爾吉斯斯坦
吉林市 Jí lín shì Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng in northeast China吉林市 Jí lín shì

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Compounds

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    • Zhōu
      • diào , diāo , chóu , diāo , diāo , chóu , diāo , , chóu , zhāo , zhōu , diāo , dǎo , tiáo , chóu , zhōu , zhōu , , , , , , , chóu , , 調 diào , zhōu , , zhōu , , , , diāo , diāo
    • tái
      • tái , tái , tái , , , tái ,
    • yuán
      • yuǎn
      • yuán , yuán , qióng , yuán , , , , , yuán ,
    • jié
    • shè
    • jié
      • xié , xié , xié
    • jiē , jié , Jiā , jié , zhé , , jié , , xiá , jiē , , jié , , zhé , , chóu , jié , jié , jié , , , , , , , jié , , , , , , , , , , ,
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