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缉

jī

HSK 6 Character Traditional 緝

What 缉 means

1. to seize
2. to arrest
3. Taiwan pr. qì

Other readings

缉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qīto stitch finely

Example sentences

• 汤姆是通缉犯
  Tāngmǔ shì tōngjīfàn
  Tom is a wanted criminal.
• 汤姆是通缉犯。
  Tom is a wanted criminal.
• 这人因谋杀被通缉。
  Zhè rén yīn móushā bèi tōngjī.
  The man is wanted for murder.
• 汤姆已经上通缉令三年了。
  Tāngmǔ yǐjīng shàng tōngjīlìng sān nián le.
  Tom has been on the wanted list for three years.

Words starting with 缉

• 缉毒jī dúto counter narcotics trafficking; drug enforcement
• 缉拿jī náto arrest; to seize
• 缉捕jī bǔto seize; to apprehend; an arrest
• 缉查jī cháto carry out enforcement checks (for illegal activity)
• 缉获jī huòto arrest; to apprehend
• 缉私jī sīto suppress smugglers; to search for smuggled goods
• 缉访jī fǎngto search and enquire
• 缉毒犬jī dú quǎndrug detector dog; sniffer dog

Words containing 缉

• 通缉tōng jīto order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted
• 通缉令tōng jī lìngorder for arrest; wanted circular; wanted poster
• 侦缉zhēn jīto track down; to investigate and arrest
• 查缉chá jīto search for and seize (criminals, smuggled goods etc)
• 追缉zhuī jīto pursue; to be after; to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc)
• 通缉犯tōng jī fànwanted criminal; fugitive (from the law)

Characters built on 咠

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

• 辑jíto gather up; to collect; to edit
• 葺qìto repair
• 揖yīto greet by raising clasped hands
• 楫jíoar (archaic)
• 戢jíto restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard

Characters that look like 缉

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 辉huī(bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 绰chuò(bound form) ample; spacious; (literary) graceful; used in 绰号
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant

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
• 讥to ridicule
• 姬woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
• 奇odd (number)