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嫉 — Chinese character

嫉
jí
jealous, envious

Pinyin
jí
Radical
38 ⼥ (Woman)
Strokes
13
Components
女 疾
Formation
ideographic — An envious 疾 woman 女; 疾 also provides the pronunciation
Japanese
嫉 as a kanji

Common words with 嫉

WordPinyinMeaning
嫉妒jí dùto be jealous of; to envy
愤世嫉俗 (憤世嫉俗)fèn shì jí súto be cynical; to be embittered
嫉恨jí hènto hate out of jealousy; to resent
妒嫉dù jíto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious
嫉恶如仇 (嫉惡如仇)jí è rú chóu(idiom) to hate evil as one hates an enemy
嫉贤妒能 (嫉賢妒能)jí xián dù néng(idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
妒贤嫉能 (妒賢嫉能)dù xián jí néngsee 嫉贤妒能 (jí xián dù néng)

English words written with 嫉

嫉 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Great Learning 1

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.