挤

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to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 齐 sound ( qí )

Components 扌齐

squeeze · Heisig RSH #2718

fingers + 齐 identical

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
挤破头	jǐ pò tóu	to fight tooth and nail to get sth
挤上去	jǐ shàng qu	to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)
挤眉弄眼	jǐ méi nòng yǎn	to make eyes; to wink
挤花	jǐ huā	(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag; to extrude something though a piping bag; piping
挤出	jǐ chū	to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out
挤眼	jǐ yǎn	to wink
挤花袋	jǐ huā dài	piping bag (cookery)
挤对	jǐ duì	(coll.) to mock; to bully; to force (a concession out of sb)
挤过	jǐ guò	to squeeze through; to force one's way through
挤入	jǐ rù	to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude
交通拥挤	jiāo tōng yōng jǐ	traffic congestion
挤进	jǐ jìn	to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into
挤落	jǐ luò	(coll.) to push aside
挤来挤去	jǐ lái jǐ qù	to mill about; to jostle
挤提	jǐ tí	bank run; to crowd into a bank and withdraw all one's money
挤满	jǐ mǎn	crowded to bursting point; filled to overflowing; jam-packed
压挤	yā jǐ	to squeeze out; to extrude
挤压	jǐ yā	to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on
排挤	pái jǐ	to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
挤奶	jǐ nǎi	to milk

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
齐 sound part	qí	even, uniform, of equal length
剂	jì	dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
济	jì	to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
脐	qí	navel; belly, underside
侪	chái	a class, a company; companion; together
荠	jì	water chestnut; water caltrop
霁	jì	to subside; to clear up after a storm; to stop being angry
蛴	qí	grubs, maggots
跻	jī	to ascend, to rise
齑	jī	to smash into pieces, to pulverize; hash
哜	jì	to sip
鲚	jì	anchovy