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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
to hope for; to wish; Hebei province

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

north

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

北異

Semantic compound

běi

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. běi represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
surname Ji
冀州 Jì zhōu Jishou county level city in Hengshui 衡水 Héng shuǐ [Héng​shuǐ], Hebei冀州 Jì zhōu
晋察冀 Jìn Chá Jì Shanxi 山西 Shān xī , Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔 Chá hā ěr and Hebei 河北 Hé běi (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)晉察冀
期冀 qī jì to wish期冀 qī jì
冀州市 Jì zhōu shì Jishou county level city in Hengshui 衡水 Héng shuǐ [Héng​shuǐ], Hebei冀州市 Jì zhōu shì
冀朝铸 Jì Cháo zhù Ji Chaozhu (1929-), Chinese diplomat冀朝鑄
冀县 Jì xiàn Ji county in Hebei冀縣

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