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汲

jí

Character

What 汲 means

1. to draw (water)

Other readings

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

• Jísurname Ji

Words starting with 汲

• 汲取jí qǔto draw; to derive; to absorb
• 汲引jí yǐnto draw water; (fig.) to promote sb to a more senior position
• 汲水jí shuǐto draw water

Characters built on 及

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

• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 芨jíBletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草

Characters that look like 汲

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

• 技jìskill
• 级jílevel; grade; rank
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 迈màito take a step; to stride
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè

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)