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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jì | ji4
English translation
border, boundary, juncture

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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place

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝祭

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
实际上 shí jì shàng in fact實際上
国际 guójì international國際
实际 shíjì reality實際
之际 zhījì during之際
星际 xīng jì interstellar星際
border
国际化 guó jì huà to internationalize國際化
交际 jiāojì communication交際
人际关系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship人際關系
不切实际 bù qiè shí jì unrealistic不切實際
交际舞 jiāo jì wǔ social dance交際舞
国际象棋 guó jì xiàng qí chess國際象棋
国际贸易 guó jì mào yì international trade國際貿易
人际 rén jì interpersonal人際
洲际 zhōu jì intercontinental洲際
国际性 guó jì xìng international國際性
天际 tiān jì horizon天際
国际法 guó jì fǎ international law國際法
边际 biān jì limit邊際
一望无际 yī wàng wú jì as far as the eye can see (idiom)一望無際
不着边际 bù zhuó biān jì not to the point不著邊際
际会 jì huì chance際會
无边无际 wú biān wú jì boundless無邊無際
际遇 jì yù luck際遇

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