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楫

jí

Character

What 楫 means

1. oar (archaic)

Other readings

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

• jívariant of {楫|jí}

Characters built on 咠

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

• 辑jíto gather up; to collect; to edit
• 缉jīto seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. qì
• 葺qìto repair
• 揖yīto greet by raising clasped hands
• 戢jíto restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard

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)