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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
halter; to restrain, to hold, to control

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

wǎng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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A leather  halter used to control  wǎng a horse  

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

wǎng 革马

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已经 yǐjīng bèi 羁押 jī yā le 一年

She has already served a year on remand.

他们 tā men 大声 dà shēng 喊出 le bèi 羁押 jī yā rén de 名字 míngzi

They shouted out the names of those detained.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
羁押 jī yā to detain羈押
羁绊 jī bàn trammels羈絆
bridle
不羁 bù jī unruly不羈
放荡不羁 fàng dàng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute放蕩不羈
羁留 jī liú to stay羈留
羁旅 jī lǚ to live abroad羈旅
放浪不羁 fàng làng bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute放浪不羈
放诞不羁 fàng dàn bù jī wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute放誕不羈
非羁押性 fēi jī yā xìng noncustodial (sentence)非羈押性

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