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玑

jī

Character Traditional 璣

What 玑 means

1. literarybaroque pearl; irregular pearl

Words containing 玑

• 天玑Tiān jīPhecda; Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
• 珠玑zhū jī(literary) pearl; gem; (literary) (fig.) eloquent phrase; pearl of wisdom
• 字字珠玑zì zì zhū jī(idiom) every word is a gem

Characters that look like 玑

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

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
• 矶jībreakwater; jetty
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 纨wán(literary) fine white silk; delicate silk fabric
• 夙sùmorning; early; long-held

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
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)