计

計
jì
#251 most
frequent character
. count, . to count
verb
noun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

计 combines 讠 speech with 十 ten. Counting things in speech or accounts gives the first meaning, 'to settle accounts, calculate.' From there it grew to 'plan' and 'measure.'

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Example Sentences

我在计算这个问题的答案。
wǒzài jìsuàn zhègè wèntí de dáàn 。
I am calculating the answer to this question.
请你帮我计一下这些数字。
qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ jì yīxià zhèixiē shùzì 。
Please help me count these numbers.
他非常擅长于计时。
tā fēicháng shànchángyú jì shí 。
He is very skilled at timing.

Same Characters, Different Readings

计Ji4
surname Ji

Words with similar meanings

算suàn
to reckon
A more colloquial term often used in everyday conversation for counting or calculating.
计算jìsuàn
to calculate
More formal and implies more complex computation than just counting.

Homophones

HSK 4
寄jì
to live (in a house), to lodge
记jì
remember
季jì
season, period
既jì
already, since, as
祭jì
to offer a sacrifice to
忌jì
to avoid

Words Starting With 计

计划jì huà
"plan; project; program; to plan; to map out
计算jì suàn
to count; to calculate; to compute
计较jì jiào
to haggle; to bicker; to argue

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