Chinese symbol for “season”
季
jì
season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
The closest CC-CEDICT match for season is 季 (jì), defined as: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “season”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赛季 (賽季) | sài jì | season (sports) |
| 时节 (時節) | shí jié | season; time |
| 时 (時) | shí | o'clock; time |
| 时令 (時令) | shí lìng | season |
| 球季 | qiú jì | season (of baseball, football etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 季.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赛季 (賽季) | sài jì | season (sports) |
| 季节 (季節) | jì jié | time; season |
| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter |
| 夏季 | xià jì | summer |
| 季度 | jì dù | quarter of a year; season (sports) |
| 春季 | chūn jì | springtime |
See also: Japanese symbol for “season”.
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.