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冀

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(literary) to hope for

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Strokes
16
Radical
八 +14
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
冀
Common rank
#3,236
Unicode
U+5180

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Formation & memory

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How 冀 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

北 meaning “north” + 異 sound

Components 北 異

Words with 冀

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WordPinyinMeaning
冀州区 Jì zhōu Qū Jizhou, a district of Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
冀县 Jì xiàn Ji county in Hebei
冀州 Jì zhōu see 冀州區|冀州区[Ji4 zhou1 Qu1]
京津冀 Jīng Jīn Jì Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)
期冀 qī jì (literary) to hope for; to wish
晋察冀 Jìn Chá Jì Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3] and Hebei 河北[He2 bei3] (three provinces…
希冀 xī jì (literary) to hope
冀朝铸 Jì Cháo zhù Ji Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 異 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
異 sound part — different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
翼 yì wings, fins; shelter