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积

jī

HSK 4 Character Traditional 積

What 积 means

1. to amass; to accumulate; to store up
2. mathproduct (the result of multiplication)
3. (TCM) constipation; indigestion

Example sentences

• 阁楼上积了灰。
  Dust had accumulated in the attic.
• 积雪深及膝盖。
  The snow was knee deep.
• 求三角形的面积
  Please find the area of the triangle.
• 她帮我清除积雪。
  Tā bāng wǒ qīngchú jīxuě.
  She helped me to clear snow away.
• 你必须积极主动。
  You have to be proactive.
• 我只想注意积极方面。
  Wǒ zhǐ xiǎng zhùyì jījí fāngmiàn.
  I want to just focus on the positive.

Words starting with 积

• 积极jī jíactive; energetic; vigorous
• 积累jī lěito accumulate; accumulation; cumulative
• 积分jī fēnintegral (calculus); accumulated points (in sports, at school etc)…
• 积极性jī jí xìngzeal; initiative; enthusiasm
• 积蓄jī xùto save; to put aside; savings
• 积雪jī xuěsnow; snow cover; snow mantle
• 积水jī shuǐto collect water; to be covered with water; to pond
• 积攒jī zǎnto save bit by bit; to accumulate
• 积极分子jī jí fèn zǐactive supporter; political activist
• 积木jī mùtoy building blocks
• 积淀jī diàndeposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
• 积压jī yāto pile up; to accumulate without being dealt with
• 积聚jī jùto coalesce; to gather together; to amass
• 积德jī déto accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity
• 积怨jī yuàngrievance; accumulated rancor
• 积存jī cúnto stockpile
• 积年jī niánfor a long time; over many years; old
• 积案jī ànlong pending case
• 积物jī wùsediment; deposit
• 积食jī shí(of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM)
• 积代会jī dài huì(Cultural Revolution term) conference of activist representatives (abbr. for 积极分子代表大会
• 积分学jī fēn xuéintegral calculus
• 积不相能jī bù xiāng néng(idiom) always at loggerheads; never able to agree with sb; unable to get on with sb
• 积分常数jī fēn cháng shùconstant of integration (math.)

Words containing 积

• 面积miàn jīarea (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land
• 体积tǐ jīvolume (amount of space an object occupies)
• 堆积duī jīto pile up; to heap; accumulation
• 累积lěi jīto accumulate
• 大面积dà miàn jīlarge area; (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale
• 公积金gōng jī jīnofficial reserves; accumulated fund
• 微积分wēi jī fēncalculus (branch of mathematics)
• 容积róng jīvolume; capacity
• 日积月累rì jī yuè lěito accumulate over a long period of time
• 沉积chén jīsediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)
• 堆积如山duī jī rú shānto pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth
• 囤积tún jīto stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation)
• 处心积虑chǔ xīn jī lǜto plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
• 内积nèi jī(math) inner product; (in Euclidean space) dot product
• 地积dì jīland area
• 外积wài jī(math) cross product; exterior product; outer product
• 材积cái jīvolume (of timber)
• 冲积chōng jīto alluviate; alluviation; alluvial
• 直积zhí jīdirect product (in set theory)
• 点积diǎn jīdot product (math.)
• 台积电Tái jī diànTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), founded in 1987 (abbr. for 台湾积体电路制造公司
• 向量积xiàng liàng jī(math) vector product; cross product
• 数量积shù liàng jīscalar product (of vectors)
• 冲积层chōng jī céngalluvial deposit; alluvium

Characters built on 只

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

• 织zhīto weave; to knit
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 职zhíoffice; duty
• 帜zhìflag
• 炽chìto burn; to blaze; splendid
• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 枳zhǐ(orange); hedge thorn
• 轵zhǐend of axle outside of hub

Characters that look like 积

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

• 秘mìsecret; secretary
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 酗xùdrunk
• 衄nǜto bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc); fig. to be defeated
• 耘yúnto weed
• 秧yāngsapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem; stalk; vine; baby livestock; fry

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)…
• 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)
• 奇odd (number)