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蓟

jì

Character Traditional 薊

What 蓟 means

1. cirsium
2. thistle

Other readings

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

• Jìsurname Ji; ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing

Words starting with 蓟

• 蓟城Jì chéngold name for Beijing 北京
• 蓟马jì mǎ(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera); thunderbug

Words containing 蓟

• 洋蓟yáng jìglobe artichoke

Characters that look like 蓟

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

• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 蔽bìto cover; to shield; to screen
• 蔚wèiArtemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 煎jiānto pan fry; to sauté
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 葫húused in 葫芦

Sounds the same

Read jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 记to record; to note; to memorize
• 既already; since; both... (and...)
• 季season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 绩to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 际border; edge; boundary
• 计to calculate; to compute; to count
• 技skill
• 济to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 继to continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 纪order; discipline; age
• 寄to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 迹(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. jī