箕

jī
#4,342 most
frequent character
winnow basket

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

箕 combines 𥫗, bamboo, with 其 qí, which both pictures a bamboo scoop and supplies the sound. It first meant bamboo scoop. Later it grew to mean dust pan.

Drawn as: bamboo scoop

箕 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
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Homophones

鸡jī
chicken
积jī
to amass, to accumulate
几jī
almost
几jī
small table
基jī
(bound form) base, foundation
奇jī
odd (number)
激jī
to arouse, to incite, to excite

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