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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
desk; machine; moment, opportunity

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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A table  made of wood  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木幾

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
机会 jīhuì chance機會
machine
飞机 fēijī airplane飛機
机构 jīgòu mechanism機構
手机 shǒujī cell phone手機
司机 sījī chauffeur司機
机制 jī zhì machine made機製
机场 jīchǎng airport機場
机关 jī guān gear機關
机器 jīqì machine機器
危机 wēijī crisis危機
机器人 jī qì rén robot機器人
时机 shíjī occasion時機
相机 xiàng jī at the opportune moment相機
机械 jīxiè machine機械
动机 dòngjī motor動機
计算机 jì suàn jī computer計算機
直升机 zhí shēng jī helicopter直升機
机密 jīmì secret機密
摄像机 shè xiàng jī video camera攝像機
机遇 jīyù opportunity機遇
发动机 fā dòng jī engine發動機
机票 jī piào air ticket機票
随机 suí jī pragmatic隨機
有机 yǒu jī organic有機

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