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箕

jī

Character

What 箕 means

1. winnow basket

Words starting with 箕

• 箕子Jī zǐJizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the…

Words containing 箕

• 簸箕bò jīwicker or bamboo winnowing basket; dustpan
• 扶箕fú jīplanchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave); Ouija board
• 克绍箕裘kè shào jī qiúto follow in one's father's footsteps
• 南箕北斗Nán jī Běi dǒulit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)…
• 畚箕běn jīa bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan
• 筲箕shāo jībamboo basket for rice-washing
• 箢箕yuān jī(dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket

Characters built on 其

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

• 斯sī(phonetic); this
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 淇qíname of a river

Characters that look like 箕

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

• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata
• 鹜wùduck

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)