稽 — Chinese character
稽
jī
to examine, to investigate
- Pinyin
- jī
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 禾 尤 旨
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grain; meaning component 禾; sound component 旨
- Japanese
- 稽 as a kanji
Common words with 稽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滑稽 | huá jī | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang |
| 稽查 | jī chá | inspection |
| 稽核 | jī hé | to audit; to verify |
| 无稽之谈 (無稽之談) | wú jī zhī tán | (idiom) complete nonsense |
| 无稽 (無稽) | wú jī | nonsense |
| 稽查员 (稽查員) | jī chá yuán | inspector; ticket inspector |
| 稽查人员 (稽查人員) | jī chá rén yuán | inspector |
| 稽考 | jī kǎo | (literary) to examine; to consult (records); to investigate |
| 荒诞无稽 (荒誕無稽) | huāng dàn wú jī | ridiculous; unbelievable |
| 无稽之言 (無稽之言) | wú jī zhī yán | see 无稽之谈 (wú jī zhī tán) |
| 稽古 | jī gǔ | to learn from the ancients; to study the classic texts |
| 稽古振今 | jī gǔ zhèn jīn | studying the old to promote the new (idiom) |
English words written with 稽
稽 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 17
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Mencius 5B.6
- Mencius 7B.4
- Mencius 7B.19
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
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.
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