季

Ji4
#1,277 most
frequent character
surname Ji

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

季 shows 禾, grain, as the picture part with 子, a child. So it first meant a grain seedling. From there came the crop from one season, then season itself, and finally the youngest brother.

Drawn as: grain

季 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
悸

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