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亟

jí

Character

What 亟 means

1. literaryurgently; anxiously; earnestly

Other readings

亟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qìrepeatedly; frequently

Words starting with 亟

• 亟待jí dàito need urgently; to need doing without delay
• 亟需jí xūto urgently need; urgent need

Characters that look like 亟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 虽suīalthough; even though
• 函hánenvelope; case; letter
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 巫wūwitch; wizard; shaman
• 扁biǎnflat; (colloquial) to beat (sb) up; old variant of 匾
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)