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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jí | ji2
English translation
level, rank; class, grade

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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silk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹及

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
level
超级 chāojí super-超級
高级 gāojí high level高級
年级 niánjí grade年級
升级 shēng jí to be promoted升級
晋级 jìn jí promotion晉級
各级 gè jí all levels各級
级别 jíbié level級別
等级 děngjí grade等級
上级 shàngjí superiors上級
无产阶级 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat無產階級
阶级 jiē jí (social) class階級
顶级 dǐng jí top-notch頂級
资产阶级 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class資產階級
一级 yī jí first class一級
重量级 zhòng liàng jí heavyweight (boxing etc)重量級
低级 dī jí low level低級
省级 shěng jí (administrative) province-level省級
初级 chūjí junior初級
班级 bān jí grade (in school)班級
二级 èr jí grade 2二級
国家级 guó jiā jí (administrative) national-level國家級
评级 píng jí rating評級
工人阶级 gōng rén jiē jí working class工人階級
星级 xīng jí star rating星級

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