笈

jí
#3,654 most
frequent character
trunks (for books)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

笈 jí has 𥫗 bamboo for meaning and 及 jí for sound. It first meant a bamboo book box carried on the back. The sense grew to a trunk for books.

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Homophones

HSK 3
极jí
extremely, pole (geography, physics)
级jí
level, rank, grade, degree, step
急jí
fast, anxious, urgent, annoyed
集jí
gather, collect, collection
即jí
that is, namely
及jí
and
吉jí
lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

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