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汲

jí

draw water from well

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 及 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

及 sound component

及  Sound component

jí

  

extend

Evolution

汲 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
汲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汲 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
汲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

汲  

jí

draw water from well; imbibe; to draw (water)

汲  

Jí

surname Ji

Most common words with 汲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汲取

to draw

汲

surname Ji

汲水

to draw water

汲引

to draw water

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3374th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+6C72

Shuowen

“汲，引水於井也。从水，从及，及亦聲。”


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