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姬

jī

Character

What 姬 means

1. woman
2. concubine
3. female entertainer (archaic)

Other readings

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

• Jīsurname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty {周代|Zhōu dài} (1046–256 BC

Example sentences

• 缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。
  The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Words starting with 姬

• 姬路Jī lùHimeji (city in Japan)
• 姬田鸡jī tián jī(bird species of China) little crake (Zapornia parva)
• 姬路城Jī lù ChéngHimeji Castle in Hyogo prefecture, Japan
• 姬佬jī lǎo(slang) lesbian
• 姬松茸jī sōng rónghimematsutake mushroom (Agaricus subrufescens or Agaricus blazei Murill)
• 姬妾jī qièconcubine
• 姬鹬jī yù(bird species of China) jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
• 姬滨鹬jī bīn yù(bird species of China) least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Words containing 姬

• 霸王别姬Bà wáng Bié JīThe Conqueror Bids Farewell to His Favorite Concubine…
• 家姬jiā jī(old) female servants or concubines in homes of the rich
• 宠姬chǒng jīfavorite concubine
• 歌姬gē jīfemale singer
• 菲姬Fěi jīFergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson, 1975-), US pop singer
• 泰姬陵Tài jī língTaj Mahal (mausoleum in India)
• 胡姬花hú jī huāVanda miss joaquim (hybrid orchid), national flower of Singapore
• 妖姬yāo jī(literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)
• 周武王姬发Zhōu Wǔ wáng Jī FāKing Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou…
• 泰姬玛哈陵Tài jī Mǎ hā LíngTaj Mahal; abbr. to 泰姬陵
• 蓝色妖姬lán sè yāo jīblue rose
• 真姬菇zhēn jī gūbeech mushroom (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
• 斑姬啄木鸟bān jī zhuó mù niǎo(bird species of China) speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)
• 骊姬之乱Lí Jī zhī LuànLi Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was…
• 斑姬鹟bān jī wēng(bird species of China) European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
• 小斑姬鹟xiǎo bān jī wēng(bird species of China) little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni)
• 橙胸姬鹟chéng xiōng jī wēng(bird species of China) rufous-gorgeted flycatcher (Ficedula strophiata)
• 灰蓝姬鹟huī lán jī wēng(bird species of China) slaty-blue flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor)
• 玉头姬鹟yù tóu jī wēng(bird species of China) sapphire flycatcher (Ficedula sapphira)
• 白喉姬鹟bái hóu jī wēng(bird species of China) white-gorgeted flycatcher (Anthipes monileger)
• 白眉姬鹟bái méi jī wēng(bird species of China) yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
• 白腹姬鹟bái fù jī wēng(bird species of China) blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
• 红喉姬鹟hóng hóu jī wēng(bird species of China) taiga flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
• 红胸姬鹟hóng xiōng jī wēng(bird species of China) red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva)

Characters that look like 姬

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

• 娅yà(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 娟juānbeautiful; graceful
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up

Sounds the same

Read jī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 鸡fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 击to hit; to strike; to break
• 基(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 积to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 激to arouse; to incite; to excite
• 圾used in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 肌(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 饥(bound form) hungry
• 缉to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 讥to ridicule
• 奇odd (number)