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佶

jí

Character

What 佶 means

1. difficult to pronounce

Characters built on 吉

These share the phonetic component 吉 (jí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 髻jìhair rolled up in a bun, topknot
• 咭jīvariant of 叽

Characters that look like 佶

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

• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide
• 佑yòu(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 拮jiéantagonistic; laboring hard; pressed
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil

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)