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繼

jì

continue

Originally written as 㡭, which depicts a continuous series of silk threads (丝) joined together. The 糹 (silk) component was later added to clarify the meaning.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

㡭 sound,iconic component

㡭  Sound Iconic component

jì

  

continue

Depicts a continuous series of silk threads (丝) joined together.

Evolution

繼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
繼 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
繼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
繼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

继 (繼) 

jì

continue, maintain, carry on; to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards

Most common words with 繼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

继续

to continue

继

to continue

继承

to inherit

相继

in succession

继父

stepfather

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤ[e]-s

kejH

jì

continue


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 77.7190% of movies

461st most common character in movies

655th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

继

Unicode

U+7E7C

Shuowen

“繼，續也。从糸、。一曰反為繼。”


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