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  *急* | 急* | *急
urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious
HSK 2
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  *雞* | 雞* | *雞
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
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  *寄* | 寄* | *寄
to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail
HSK 4
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  *集* | 集* | *集
to gather / to collect / collected works / classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
HSK 6
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  *及* | 及* | *及
and / to reach / up to / in time for
HSK 7-9
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  *幾* | 幾* | *幾
how much / how many / several / a few
HSK 1
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  *既* | 既* | *既
already / since / both... (and...)
HSK 4
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  *記* | 記* | *記
to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots
HSK 1
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  *級* | 級* | *級
level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL: 個|个 / classifier: step, level
HSK 2
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  *濟* | 濟* | *濟
used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水 / surname Ji
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  *濟* | 濟* | *濟
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *濟* | 濟* | *濟
to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help
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  *季* | 季* | *季
season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields
HSK 4
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  *稽* | 稽* | *稽
surname Ji
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  *稽* | 稽* | *稽
to inspect / to check
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  *即* | 即* | *即
namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *繫* | 繫* | *繫
to tie / to fasten / to button up
HSK 4
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  *極* | 極* | *極
extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
HSK 4
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  *冀* | 冀* | *冀
short name for Hebei 河北 / surname Ji
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  *冀* | 冀* | *冀
(literary) to hope for
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  *舌* | 舌* | *舌
used in 喇舌 to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
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  *機* | 機* | *機
surname Ji
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  *機* | 機* | *機
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㚻* | 㚻* | *㚻
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *基* | 基* | *基
(bound form) base; foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *几* | 几* | *几
small table
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  *鱀* | 鱀* | *鱀
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  *鷄* | 鷄* | *鷄
variant of 雞|鸡
HSK 2
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  *忌* | 忌* | *忌
to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth
HSK 7-9
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  *劑* | 劑* | *劑
(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *積* | 積* | *積
to amass; to accumulate; to store up / (math.) product (the result of multiplication) / (TCM) constipation; indigestion
HSK 7-9
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  *計* | 計* | *計
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祭* | 祭* | *祭
to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *繼* | 繼* | *繼
to continue / to follow after / to go on with / to succeed / to inherit / then / afterwards
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *奇* | 奇* | *奇
odd (number)
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  *鯽* | 鯽* | *鯽
bastard carp / sand perch
Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)
Ji county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脊* | 脊* | *脊
(bound form) spine; backbone / (bound form) ridge
Jinggangshan, a county-level city in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嫉* | 嫉* | *嫉
jealousy / to be jealous of
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  *笈* | 笈* | *笈
trunks (for books)
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  *飢* | 飢* | *飢
(bound form) hungry
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  *伎* | 伎* | *伎
artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *計* | 計* | *計
surname Ji
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  *丌* | 丌* | *丌
surname Ji
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  *丌* | 丌* | *丌
"pedestal" component in Chinese characters
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  *居* | 居* | *居
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藉* | 藉* | *藉
surname Ji
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *藉* | 藉* | *藉
(literary) to tread on; to insult / used in 狼藉
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  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
foot
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  *肌* | 肌* | *肌
(bound form) flesh; muscle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *髻* | 髻* | *髻
hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
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  *吉* | 吉* | *吉
surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin 吉林省
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  *吉* | 吉* | *吉
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
Wan'an, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子, also known as Ji Lu 季路
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周 1046-771 BC
Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *季* | 季* | *季
surname Ji
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *悸* | 悸* | *悸
to palpitate
Xingan, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
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  *暨* | 暨* | *暨
(literary) and; as well as / (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今 "up to now")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *籍* | 籍* | *籍
surname Ji
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *籍* | 籍* | *籍
(bound form) book; record; register / (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records / (bound form) membership
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  *給* | 給* | *給
to supply / to provide
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  *鈒* | 鈒* | *鈒
germanium (old)
Yongxin, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *激* | 激* | *激
to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent
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  *己* | 己* | *己
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泲* | 泲* | *泲
clear wine / name of a river
Jizhou district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi
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  *戟* | 戟* | *戟
halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
Anfu, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擠* | 擠* | *擠
to crowd in / to cram in / to force others aside / to press / to squeeze / to find (time in one's busy schedule)
HSK 5
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  *疾* | 疾* | *疾
(bound form) disease; ailment / (bound form) swift / (literary) to hate; to abhor
Ji'an, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市, Jiangxi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鰶* | 鰶* | *鰶
Konosirus punctatus
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齎* | 齎* | *齎
(literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift
Ji'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幾* | 幾* | *幾
almost
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穊* | 穊* | *穊
dense
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  *唧* | 唧* | *唧
(onom.) to pump (water)
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  *技* | 技* | *技
skill
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漈* | 漈* | *漈
river bank
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *績* | 績* | *績
to spin (hemp etc) / merit / accomplishment / Taiwan pr. [ji1]
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  *譏* | 譏* | *譏
to ridicule
Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀, novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屐* | 屐* | *屐
clogs
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  *穄* | 穄* | *穄
(millet)
Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852
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  *箕* | 箕* | *箕
winnow basket
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  *羈* | 羈* | *羈
bridle / halter / to restrain / to detain / to lodge / inn
Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *薊* | 薊* | *薊
surname Ji / ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing

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