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冀

jì

Character

What 冀 means

1. literaryto hope for

Other readings

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

• Jìshort name for Hebei {河北|Hé běi}; surname Ji

Words starting with 冀

• 冀县Jì xiànJi county in Hebei
• 冀州区Jì zhōu QūJizhou, a district of Hengshui City 衡水市
• 冀朝铸Jì Cháo zhùJi Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat
• 冀州Jì zhōusee 冀州区

Words containing 冀

• 希冀xī jì(literary) to hope
• 晋察冀Jìn Chá JìShanxi 山西
• 期冀qī jì(literary) to hope for; to wish
• 京津冀Jīng Jīn JìJing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)

Characters that look like 冀

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

• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 慧huìintelligent
• 翼yìwing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 霎shàall of a sudden; drizzle
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 纪order; discipline; age
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī