箕
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winnow basket
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 竹 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 箕
- Common rank
- #3,395
- Unicode
- U+7B95
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Formation & memory
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Words with 箕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南箕北斗 | lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); fi… | |
| 箕子 | Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyra… | |
| 克绍箕裘 | to follow in one's father's footsteps | |
| 扶箕 | planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave); Ouija board | |
| 筲箕 | bamboo basket for rice-washing | |
| 簸箕 | wicker or bamboo winnowing basket; dustpan | |
| 畚箕 | a bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan | |
| 箢箕 | (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 其 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound part | his, her, its, their; that | |
| 基 | foundation, base | |
| 期 | a period of time; date, time; phase | |
| 旗 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 棋 | chess; any strategy game | |
| 欺 | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive | |
| 淇 | a river in Henan province | |
| 琪 | fine jade | |
| 麒 | mythical unicorn | |
| 祺 | good luck, good fortune | |
| 萁 | pulses, legumes | |
| 綦 | dark gray; variegated; superlative | |
| 骐 | piebald horse; excellent horse | |
| 蜞 | lightfoot crab; worm, leech | |
| 鲯 | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |