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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵齊

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
经济 jīngjì economy經濟
救济 jiùjì emergency relief救濟
to cross a river
市场经济 shì chǎng jīng jì market economy市場經濟
无济于事 wú jì yú shì to no avail無濟於事
斐济 Fěi jì Fiji (tropical volcanic island in southwest Pacific)斐濟
经济学 jīng jì xué economics (as a field of study)經濟學
经济舱 jīng jì cāng economy class經濟艙
济南 Jǐ nán Ji'nan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China濟南
经济学家 jīng jì xué jiā economist經濟學家
济州 Jì zhōu Jeju Island special autonomous province (Cheju Island), South Korea, a World Heritage site濟州
不济 bù jì not good不濟
同舟共济 tóng zhōu gòng jì obliged to collaborate towards common goals同舟共濟
经济危机 jīng jì wēi jī economic crisis經濟危機
计划经济 jì huà jīng jì planned economy計劃經濟
经济体制 jīng jì tǐ zhì economic system經濟體制
经济特区 jīng jì tè qū special economic zone經濟特區
济南市 Jǐ nán shì Ji'nan subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China濟南市
济济一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof濟濟一堂
劫富济贫 jié fù jì pín to rob the rich to help the poor劫富濟貧
永济 Yǒng jì Yongji county level city in Yuncheng 運城|运城 Yùn chéng [Yùn​chéng], Shanxi永濟

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