忌 — Chinese character
忌
jì
jealous, envious; to fear; to shun
- Pinyin
- jì
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 己 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 己
- Japanese
- 忌 as a kanji
Common words with 忌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁忌 | jìn jì | taboo; contraindication (medicine) |
| 肆无忌惮 (肆無忌憚) | sì wú jì dàn | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled |
| 妒忌 | dù jì | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious |
| 威士忌 | wēi shì jì | whiskey (loanword) |
| 忌讳 (忌諱) | jì huì | taboo; to avoid as taboo |
| 顾忌 (顧忌) | gù jì | to have misgivings; apprehension |
| 猜忌 | cāi jì | to be suspicious and jealous of |
| 忌妒 | jì du | to be jealous of; to envy |
| 切忌 | qiè jì | to avoid as taboo; to avoid by all means |
| 忌日 | jì rì | anniversary of a death; inauspicious day |
| 忌惮 (忌憚) | jì dàn | to be afraid of the consequences; restraining fear |
| 投鼠忌器 | tóu shǔ jì qì | lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents |
English words written with 忌
忌 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 3 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
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