计

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to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 十 sound ( shí )

Components 讠十

plan · Heisig RSH #348

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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国计民生	guó jì mín shēng	(idiom) national economy and people's livelihood
会计学	kuài jì xué	accounting; accountancy
计数法	jì shù fǎ	calculation; reckoning
分光计	fēn guāng jì	spectrometer
计时法	jì shí fǎ	time reckoning
美人计	měi rén jì	honey trap; sexual entrapment; CL:條\|条[tiao2]
体重计	tǐ zhòng jì	scale for measuring body weight; bathroom scale
不计	bù jì	to disregard; to take no account of
大计	dà jì	large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; …
计数器	jì shù qì	counter; register
中计	zhòng jì	to fall into a trap; to be taken in
心计	xīn jì	scheming; shrewdness
木马计	mù mǎ jì	wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse)
生计	shēng jì	livelihood
计生	jì shēng	planned childbirth; birth control; family planning; abbr. for 計劃生育\|计划生育
计时器	jì shí qì	timer
空城计	kōng chéng jì	the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while makin…
人口统计学	rén kǒu tǒng jì xué	population studies; population statistics
小计	xiǎo jì	subtotal
家计	jiā jì	family livelihood; a household's economic situation; family property

Characters sharing the sound component 十 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
十 sound part	shí	ten, tenth; complete; perfect
质	zhì	essence, nature; material, substance
协	xié	to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
汁	zhī	juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce
隼	sǔn	falcon, eagle; an aquiline nose