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羁

jī

Character Traditional 羈

What 羁 means

1. bridle
2. halter
3. to restrain
4. to detain
5. to lodge
6. inn

Other readings

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

• jīvariant of {羁|jī}

Words starting with 羁

• 羁押jī yāto detain; to take into custody; detention
• 羁绊jī bàntrammels; fetters; yoke
• 羁旅jī lǚ(literary) to stay long in a place far from home; (literary) person who lives in an alien…
• 羁留jī liúto stay; to detain
• 羁宦jī huàn(literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place

Words containing 羁

• 不羁bù jīunruly; uninhibited
• 放浪不羁fàng làng bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
• 放荡不羁fàng dàng bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
• 放诞不羁fàng dàn bù jīwanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute
• 落拓不羁luò tuò bù jī(idiom) unconventional; uninhibited; free-spirited
• 非羁押性fēi jī yā xìngnoncustodial (sentence)

Characters built on 马

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

• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 驿yìpost horse; relay station
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse
• 骐qí(literary) black horse
• 驷sìteam of 4 horses
• 骥jìthoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous

Characters that look like 羁

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

• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 爵juéancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 噩èstartling
• 藕ǒuroot of lotus
• 羲Xīsame as Fuxi 伏羲; surname Xi

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)