济

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help

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HSK 3.0: Level 3
Old HSK: Level 4
Strokes: 9
Radical: 水 +6
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 濟
Common rank: #601
Unicode: U+6D4E

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Formation & memory

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How 济 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 齐 sound ( qí )

Components 氵齐

How to remember it

relieve · Heisig RSH #1319

水 water + 齐 identical

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 济

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
长三角经济区	Cháng Sān jiǎo Jīng jì Qū	Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangs…
经济学人	Jīng jì xué rén	The Economist (magazine)
地区经济	dì qū jīng jì	local economy; regional economy
同济大学	Tóng jì Dà xué	Tongji University
经济学家	jīng jì xué jiā	economist
眼神不济	yǎn shén bù jì	to have poor eyesight
经济特区	jīng jì tè qū	special economic zone
新兴经济国家	xīn xīng jīng jì guó jiā	developing economic state; developing nation
济州特别自治道	Jì zhōu tè bié zì zhì dào	Jeju island special autonomous province, South Korea, a World Heritage site
国民经济	guó mín jīng jì	national economy
经济学者	jīng jì xué zhě	economist
时运不济	shí yùn bù jì	fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good
长江三角洲经济区	Cháng jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu Jīng jì Qū	Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone (economic region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangs…
市场经济	shì chǎng jīng jì	market economy
经济作物	jīng jì zuò wù	cash crop (economics)
济南市	Jǐ nán Shì	Jinan, sub-provincial city and capital of Shandong Province 山東省\|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
政治经济学	zhèng zhì jīng jì xué	political economy
经济体制	jīng jì tǐ zhì	economic system
自然经济	zì rán jīng jì	natural economy (exchange of goods by bartering not involving money)
长江经济带	Cháng Jiāng Jīng jì dài	Yangtze River Economic Belt

Sound family

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
挤	jǐ	to squeeze, to push against; crowded
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