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集

jí

HSK 5 Character

What 集 means

1. to gather
2. to collect
3. collected works
4. classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

Example sentences

• 集结！
  Unite!
• 我收集邮票。
  I collect stamps.
• 杰克收集邮票。
  Jack collects stamps.
• 肯收集古钱币。
  Ken collects old coins.
• 您是集邮家吗？
  Are you a philatelist?
• 我收集银勺子。
  I collect silver spoons.

Words starting with 集

• 集合jí héto gather; to assemble; (math) set
• 集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize; to focus
• 集体jí tǐcollective (decision); joint (effort); a group
• 集团jí tuángroup; bloc; corporation
• 集邮jí yóustamp collecting; philately
• 集会jí huìto gather; assembly; meeting
• 集成jí chéngintegrated (as in integrated circuit)
• 集市jí shìmarket; bazaar; fair
• 集资jí zīto raise money; to accumulate funds
• 集装箱jí zhuāng xiāngcontainer (for shipping)
• 集训jí xùnto train together; to practice as a group
• 集中营jí zhōng yíngconcentration camp
• 集结jí jiéto assemble; to concentrate; to mass
• 集锦jí jǐna collection of choice items (poems, photos etc)
• 集团军jí tuán jūnarmy grouping; collective army
• 集成电路jí chéng diàn lùintegrated circuit
• 集权jí quáncentralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party
• 集聚jí jùto assemble; to gather
• 集散地jí sàn dìdistribution center
• 集镇jí zhèntown
• 集群jí qúnclan; to clan together; to flock together
• 集体经济jí tǐ jīng jìcollective economy
• 集美jí měi(slang) close female friend; sis (near homophone of 姐妹
• 集子jí zianthology; selected writing

Words containing 集

• 采集cǎi jíto gather; to collect; to harvest
• 收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
• 聚集jù jíto assemble; to gather
• 全集quán jíomnibus; complete works (of a writer or artist)
• 搜集sōu jíto gather; to collect
• 文集wén jícollected works
• 召集zhào jíto convene; to call together
• 密集mì jíconcentrated; crowded together; intensive
• 征集zhēng jíto collect; to recruit
• 诗集shī jípoetry anthology
• 汇集huì jíto collect; to compile; to converge
• 云集yún jíto gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm
• 筹集chóu jíto collect money; to raise funds
• 选集xuǎn jíanthology
• 募集mù jíto raise; to collect
• 图集tú jícollection of pictures; atlas
• 续集xù jísequel; next episode (of TV series etc)
• 赶集gǎn jíto go to a local market or country fair (on market day)
• 百感交集bǎi gǎn jiāo jíall sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
• 影集yǐng jíphoto album; (Taiwan) TV series
• 市集shì jífair; market (in a public place); small town
• 纠集jiū jíto gather together; to muster
• 齐集qí jíto gather together; to assemble (in one place)
• 调集diào jíto summon; to muster; to assemble

Characters built on 木

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

• 机jī(bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 析xīto separate; to divide; to analyze
• 植zhíto plant
• 李lǐplum
• 梯tī(bound form) ladder; stairs
• 椅yǐchair

Characters that look like 集

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

• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 巢cháonest
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 焉yānwhere; how
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty

Sounds the same

Read jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 及and; to reach; up to
• 即namely; that is; i.e.
• 极extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 级level; grade; rank
• 急urgent; pressing; rapid
• 籍(bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral…
• 辑to gather up; to collect; to edit
• 吉lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 疾(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 嫉jealousy; to be jealous of
• 笈trunks (for books)
• 藉(literary) to tread on; to insult; used in 狼藉