Dictionary › 畿

畿

jī

Character

What 畿 means

1. territory around the capital

Words starting with 畿

• 畿内亚Jī nèi yàsee 几内亚

Words containing 畿

• 京畿jīng jīcapital city and its surrounding area
• 京畿道Jīng jī dàoGyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市
• 新畿内亚Xīn Jī nèi yàNew Guinea
• 近畿地方Jìn jī dì fāngthe Kinki region of Japan, aka the Kansai region, with cities including Kyoto, Osaka and…

Characters built on 戈

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

• 戏xìtrick; drama; play
• 戟jǐhalberd; long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade…
• 戢jíto restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard

Characters that look like 畿

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

• 截jiéto cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 噩èstartling
• 蔻kòuused in 豆蔻
• 圜huáncircle; encircle

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)