The 己 family
己 · jǐ · ㄐㄧˇ — self
Know 己 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 起、記、紀、忌. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 起qǐ · ㄑㄧˇ部首 走 · to walkto rise; to get up; to start66%
- 記jì · ㄐㄧˋ部首 言 · wordsto remember; to record; mark79%
- 紀jì · ㄐㄧˋ部首 糹 絞絲旁 · fine silkorder; discipline79%
- 忌jì · ㄐㄧˋ部首 心 · heartto be jealous of; fear79%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 己 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 己 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 76%.
Words this family builds
- 自己
- 一起
- 起來
- 記得
- 記住
- 記錄
- 忘記
- 想起
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