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激

jī

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

What 激 means

1. to arouse
2. to incite
3. to excite
4. to stimulate
5. sharp
6. fierce
7. violent

Example sentences

• 感激不尽。
  Gǎnjībùjìn.
  I can't thank you enough.
• 我很激动。
  I'm so excited.
• 我很感激。
  I'm grateful for that.
• 别这幺激动！
  Don't get so excited!
• 玛格很激动。
  Meg is excited.
• 我激动不已。
  I'm thrilled.

Words starting with 激

• 激动jī dòngto move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite
• 激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute
• 激情jī qíngpassion; fervor; enthusiasm
• 激励jī lìto encourage; to urge; motivation
• 激发jī fāto arouse; to stimulate; (physics) to excite
• 激起jī qǐto arouse; to evoke; to cause
• 激进jī jìnradical; extreme; extremist
• 激光jī guānglaser
• 激活jī huóto activate
• 激怒jī nùto infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
• 激素jī sùhormone
• 激昂jī ángimpassioned; worked up
• 激荡jī dàngto rage; to dash; to surge
• 激化jī huàto intensify
• 激战jī zhànto fight fiercely; fierce battle
• 激流jī liútorrent; torrential current; whitewater
• 激愤jī fènto stir up emotions; furious; angry
• 激增jī zēngto increase rapidly; to shoot up
• 激越jī yuèintense; loud
• 激子jī zǐexciton (physics)
• 激将jī jiàngto spur sb into action by making negative remarks
• 激打jī dǎlaser printer; abbr. for 激光打印机
• 激波jī bōshock wave
• 激赞jī zànto heap praise on

Words containing 激

• 刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
• 感激gǎn jīto be grateful; to appreciate; thankful
• 偏激piān jīextreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)
• 冰激凌bīng jī língice cream
• 过激guò jīdrastic; extreme; aggressive
• 慷慨激昂kāng kǎi jī ángimpassioned; vehement
• 刺激性cì jī xìngthrilling; exciting; stimulating
• 感激不尽gǎn jī bù jìncan't thank sb enough (idiom)
• 感激涕零gǎn jī tì língto shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
• 并激bìng jīparallel excitation; shunt excitation; shunt-wound (e.g. electric generator)
• 切激qiè jīimpassioned; fiercely
• 应激yìng jīstress (abbr. for 应激反应
• 外激素wài jī sùpheromone
• 性激素xìng jī sùsex hormone
• 应激性yìng jī xìngirritable; sensitive; excitable
• 应激源yìng jī yuánstressor
• 动情激素dòng qíng jī sùestrogen
• 应激反应yìng jī fǎn yìng(physiological etc) stress
• 无任感激wú rèn gǎn jīdeeply obliged
• 生长激素shēng zhǎng jī sùgrowth hormone
• 化学激光器huà xué jī guāng qìchemical laser
• 请将不如激将qǐng jiàng bù rú jī jiànglit. to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general…
• 孕激素yùn jī sùprogesterone
• 共刺激gòng cì jī(immunology) costimulation; costimulatory

Characters that look like 激

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

• 撤chèto remove; to take away
• 缴jiǎoto hand in; to hand over; to pay; to capture (weapons); to seize
• 徽huībadge; emblem; insignia
• 澈chèclear (water); thorough
• 墩dūnblock; gate pillar; pier
• 擞sǒuused in 抖擞

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)…
• 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
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)

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