Chinese Character Wiki
亟

jí, qì

urgently

Originally a pictograph of a person with lines at the top and bottom, depicting the original meaning "extremity". Later the 口 (mouth) and 又 (hand) components were added to depict shouting in an urgent situation, such as being chased.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Used to represent the meaning "extremity". Depicts a person with lines at the top and bottom.

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

亟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
亟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亟  

jí

urgently, immediately, extremely; urgent

亟  

qì

repeatedly; frequently

Most common words with 亟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亟待

to need urgently

亟需

urgent need

亟

repeatedly

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

極 殛

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)ək

kik

jí

urgently

*kʰ(r)ək-s

khiH

qì

often


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3619th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+4E9F

Shuowen

“亟，敏疾也。从人，从口，从又，从二。二，天地也。”


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