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基
jī
1. base
2. foundation
3. basic
4. radical (chemistry)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

基
jī
foundation, base
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

丁基
DīngJī
Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen [[李百岑]], journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution
丁基
dīngjī
butyl group (chemistry)
丙基
bǐngjī
propyl group (chemistry)
乙基
yǐjī
ethyl group (chemistry)
利基
lìjī
niche
刘基
LiúJī
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen [[劉伯溫|刘伯温]] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang [[朱元璋]], with a reputation as a military genius
地基
dìjī
foundations (of a building)
基佬
jīlǎo
(slang) gay guy
基友
jīyǒu
(slang) very close same-sex friend
基因
jīyīn
gene (loanword)
HSK 6
基团
jītuán
radical (chemistry)
基地
jīdì
base (of operations)
HSK 6
基址
jīzhǐ
foundation
基坑
jīkēng
foundation groove
基多
Jīduō
Quito, capital of Ecuador
基层
jīcéng
basic level
基岩
jīyán
base rock
基床
jīchuáng
foundation (of building)
基底
jīdǐ
plinth
基座
jīzuò
underlay

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
279
Word Frequency Rank
551 of 84,292

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