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CHINESE CHARACTER

jì

计

计

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ruse

Numbered pinyin
ji4
English meanings
surname Ji, to calculate, to compute, to count, to regard as important, to plan, ruse, meter, gauge

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 十.

Meaning & sound clues

讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.

十 is identified as the sound component (shí). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 计.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠十

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jìcè计策。

    A strategy.

  2. 02

    jì计móu谋。

    A scheme.

  3. 03

    suànji算计。

    Calculate.

  4. 04

    shēn深móu谋yuǎn远lǜ虑。

    Farsighted.

  5. 05

    yùn运chóu筹wéi帷wò幄。

    Plan carefully.

  6. 06

    jué决shèng胜qiān千lǐ里。

    Win from afar.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 会计
  • 估计
  • 倒计时
  • 共计
  • 千方百计
  • 合计
  • 总计
  • 温度计
  • 算计
  • 累计
  • 统计
  • 计划
  • 计时
  • 计策
  • 计算
  • 计算机
  • 计较
  • 设计
  • 设计师
  • 预计