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级

jí

HSK 3 Character Traditional 級 Measure word 个

What 级 means

1. level
2. grade
3. rank
4. step (of stairs)
5. classifier: step, level

Example sentences

• 你几年级？
  What grade are you in?
• 它超级好玩的
  Tā chāojí hǎowán de
  It was a blast.
• 今天超级冷。
  It's awfully cold today.
• 新的班级怎幺样？
  How is your new class?
• 我超级迷高尔夫。
  I'm a huge fan of golf.
• 你的妹妹念几年级？
  What grade is your sister in?

Words starting with 级

• 级别jí bié(military) rank; level; grade
• 级数jí shù(math) series
• 级差jí chādifferential (between grades); salary differential
• 级联jí liáncascade; cascading
• 级长jí zhǎngclass president (in a school); class captain; cohort leader
• 级距jí jùrange of values; category defined by a range of values (tier, bracket, stratum etc)

Words containing 级

• 年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)
• 高级gāo jíhigh level; high grade; advanced
• 初级chū jíjunior; primary
• 超级chāo jísuper-; ultra-; hyper-
• 等级děng jígrade; rank; status
• 上级shàng jíhigher authorities; superiors
• 一级yī jífirst class; category A
• 升级shēng jíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade
• 各级gè jíall levels
• 阶级jiē jí(social) class
• 班级bān jíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
• 二级èr jígrade 2; second class; category B
• 资产阶级zī chǎn jiē jíthe capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
• 中级zhōng jímiddle level (in a hierarchy)
• 顶级dǐng jítop-notch; first-rate
• 省级shěng jí(administrative) province-level
• 无产阶级wú chǎn jiē jíproletariat
• 国家级guó jiā jí(administrative) national-level
• 星级xīng jístar rating; top-class; highly rated
• 阶级斗争jiē jí dòu zhēngclass struggle
• 低级dī jílow level; rudimentary; vulgar
• 县级xiàn jícounty level
• 中产阶级zhōng chǎn jiē jímiddle class
• 工人阶级gōng rén jiē jíworking class

Characters built on 及

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

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 汲jíto draw (water)
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 笈jítrunks (for books)
• 芨jíBletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草

Characters that look like 级

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

• 技jìskill
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 圾jīused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. sè
• 纵zòngvertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. zōng); from front to back; longitudinal…
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 集to gather; to collect; collected works
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉