Dong Chinese dictionary

jì

hope for

Phonosemantic compound. 北 represents the meaning and 異 represents the sound.

Components

北 Meaning component

běi

north

異 Sound component

yì

different

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jì

hope for; wish; Hebei province; (literary) to hope for

Jì

short name for Hebei 河北 province; surname Ji

Most common words with 冀

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冀	surname Ji
	冀州	Jishou county level city in Hengshui 衡水[Héngshuǐ], Hebei
	晋察冀	Shanxi 山西, Chahar 察哈爾\|察哈尔 and Hebei 河北 (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)
	期冀	to wish
	冀州市	Jishou county level city in Hengshui 衡水[Héngshuǐ], Hebei

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

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