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髻

jì

Character

What 髻 means

1. hair rolled up in a bun, topknot

Words containing 髻

• 发髻fà jìhair worn in a bun or coil
• 丫髻yā jìbun (of hair); topknot
• 螺髻luó jìspiral coil (in hairdressing)
• 双髻鲨shuāng jì shāhammerhead shark

Characters built on 吉

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

• 咭jīvariant of 叽
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Characters that look like 髻

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

• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 蕾lěibud
• 簧huángreed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 霄xiāofirmament; heaven
• 燮xièto blend; to adjust; to harmonize

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