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Chinese symbol for “ruse”

计
jì
Traditional: 計
to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ruse is 计 (jì), defined as: to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse.

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Characters and stroke order

计 jì
to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ruse”

WordPinyinMeaning
花样 (花樣)huā yàngpattern; way of doing sth
诡计 (詭計)guǐ jìtrick; ruse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 计.

WordPinyinMeaning
计划 (計劃)jì huàplan; project
设计 (設計)shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan
统计 (統計)tǒng jìstatistics; to count
计算 (計算)jì suànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over
估计 (估計)gū jìto estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
计算机 (計算機)jì suàn jīcomputer; (Tw) calculator

See also: Japanese symbol for “ruse”.

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