几 — Chinese character
几
jǐ
small table; how many; a few, some
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Radical
- 16 ⼏ (Table)
- Strokes
- 2
- Components
- 丿 乙
- Formation
- pictographic — A small table; compare 丌
- Traditional
- 幾
- Japanese
- 几 as a kanji
Common words with 几
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 几个 (幾個) | jǐ ge | a few; several |
| 几乎 (幾乎) | jī hū | almost; nearly; practically |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
| 几年 (幾年) | jǐ nián | a few years; several years; how many years? |
| 几次 (幾次) | jǐ cì | several times |
| 几点 (幾點) | jǐ diǎn | what time?; when? |
| 几何 (幾何) | jǐ hé | geometry; (literary) how much |
| 好几 (好幾) | hǎo jǐ | several; quite a few |
| 几时 (幾時) | jǐ shí | at what time?; when? |
| 几岁 (幾歲) | jǐ suì | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) |
| 好几年 (好幾年) | hǎo jǐ nián | several years |
| 几分 (幾分) | jǐ fēn | somewhat; a bit |
English words written with 几
几 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 8
- Mencius 2B.11
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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