几

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how many; how much; several; a few

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A small table; compare 丌

Components 丿乙

how many? · Heisig RSH #57

— as a component also called: wind, small table

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
巴布亚新几内亚	Bā bù yà Xīn Jǐ nèi yà	Papua New Guinea
不拉几	bù lā jī	(dialect) extremely
新几内亚	Xīn Jǐ nèi yà	New Guinea
几天来	jǐ tiān lái	for the past few days
前几天	qián jǐ tiān	a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days
里瓦几亚条约	Lǐ wǎ jī yà Tiáo yuē	Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkis…
几内亚	Jǐ nèi yà	Guinea; Taiwan pr. [Ji1nei4ya4]
几年来	jǐ nián lái	for the past several years
几内亚比索	Jī nèi yà Bǐ suǒ	Guinea-Bissau (Tw)
多看几眼	duō kàn jǐ yǎn	to take a closer look; to look at (sb or sth) a few more times
代数几何学	dài shù jǐ hé xué	algebraic geometry
分形几何学	fēn xíng jǐ hé xué	fractal geometry
好几年	hǎo jǐ nián	several years
欧几里德	Ōu jǐ lǐ dé	variant of 歐幾里得\|欧几里得[Ou1 ji3 li3 de2]
赤道几内亚	Chì dào Jǐ nèi yà	Equatorial Guinea
无几	wú jǐ	very little; hardly any
星期几	xīng qī jǐ	which day of the week
几天	jǐ tiān	several days
欧几里得	Ōu jǐ lǐ dé	Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本\|几何原本[Ji3 …
几分	jǐ fēn	somewhat; a bit

These characters use 几 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
几 sound part	jǐ	small table; how many; a few, some
肌	jī	flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones
铅	qiān	lead
饥	jī	hungry, starving; hunger, famine
叽	jī	to grumble; to sigh
矶	jī	jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy
讥	jī	to ridicule, to mock, to jeer
玑	jī	an oblong pearl
虮	jǐ	nits, lice
麂	jǐ	a species of deer
処	chǔ	place, locale; department