稽

Ji1
#2,422 most
frequent character
surname Ji

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

稽 has 尤, an arm or hand, as the meaning part, and 旨 zhǐ as the sound part; the sound link is not obvious today. The hand gives the first meaning, stopping somewhere and staying. It grew to stopping to inspect, then investigating; read qǐ, it means stopping to bow. 禾 is now empty, once 𥝌.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

稽jī
to inspect, to check
稽qǐ
to bow to the ground

Homophones

机Ji1
surname Ji

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