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跂

jī

Character

What 跂 means

1. foot

Other readings

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

• qísixth (extra) toe; to crawl
• qǐto climb; to hope
• qìto stand on tiptoe; to sit with feet hanging
• zhīsee {踶跂|dì zhī}

Words starting with 跂

• 跂坐qì zuòto sit with legs dangling
• 跂想qǐ xiǎngto expect anxiously
• 跂望qì wàngto stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth
• 跂跂qí qícrawling or creeping (of insects)
• 跂訾qǐ zǐopinionated

Words containing 跂

• 踶跂dì zhīoverconfident and conceited mannerisms

Characters built on 支

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

• 技jìskill
• 歧qídivergent; side road
• 妓jìprostitute
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 肢zhīlimb
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 吱zhī(onomatopoeia) creaking or groaning
• 伎jìartistry; talent; skill

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)