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跻

jī

Character Traditional 躋

What 跻 means

1. literaryto ascend; to climb; to mount

Words starting with 跻

• 跻身jī shēnto rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc)

Characters built on 齐

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

• 济jìto cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
• 剂jì(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients…
• 挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
• 霁jìsky clearing up
• 荠qíused in 荸荠
• 蛴qíused in 蛴螬; used in 蝤蛴
• 齑jīfinely chopped meat or vegetables; powdered or fragmentary

Characters that look like 跻

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

• 路lùroad; journey; route
• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 斟zhēnto pour; to deliberate
• 踌chóuused in 踌躇

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)