寄 — Chinese character
寄
jì
to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on
- Pinyin
- jì
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 宀 奇
- Formation
- pictophonetic — roof; meaning component 宀; sound component 奇
- Japanese
- 寄 as a kanji
Common words with 寄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寄托 (寄託) | jì tuō | to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in |
| 寄宿 | jì sù | to stay; to lodge; to board |
| 寄生 | jì shēng | to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others |
| 寄生虫 (寄生蟲) | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
| 邮寄 (郵寄) | yóu jì | to mail; to send by post |
| 寄出 | jì chū | to mail; to send by post |
| 寄养 (寄養) | jì yǎng | to place in the care of sb (a child, pet etc); to foster |
| 寄存 | jì cún | to deposit; to store |
| 寄望 | jì wàng | to place hopes on |
| 寄予 | jì yǔ | to place (hope, importance etc) on; to express; to show; to give |
| 寄存器 | jì cún qì | processor register (computing) |
| 寄语 (寄語) | jì yǔ | to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this sort |
English words written with 寄
寄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Analects 8.6
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi Exercise of Faculties
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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