积 (jī): to amass, to accumulate, to store up, (math.) product (the result of multiplication), (TCM) constipation, indigestion
积 (jī) is a Chinese character meaning “to amass.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic) and 只 (phonetic). It ranks #728 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 积 grain. Its radical form 禾 (grain) appears in many related characters such as 秋 (qiū, autumn), 科 (kē, branch of study), 租 (zū, to hire).
Definitions
- to amass
- to accumulate
- to store up
- (math.) product (the result of multiplication)
- (TCM) constipation
- indigestion
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 积
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 积极adjective | jī jí | active | 4 |
| 面积noun | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc) | 5 |
| 积累verb | jī lěi | to accumulate | 4 |
| 体积noun | tǐ jī | volume (amount of space an object occupies) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 积蓄verb | jī xù | to save |
| 积分noun | jī fēn | integral (calculus) |
| 微积分noun | wēi jī fēn | calculus (branch of mathematics) |
| 累积verb | lěi jī | to accumulate |
| 堆积verb | duī jī | to pile up |
| 积木noun | jī mù | toy building blocks |
| 积聚verb | jī jù | to coalesce |
| 囤积verb | tún jī | to stock up |
| 积水verb | jī shuǐ | to collect water |
| 积攒verb | jī zǎn | to save bit by bit |
| 堆积如山phrase | duī jī rú shān | to pile up like a mountain (idiom) |
| 积雪noun | jī xuě | snow |
| 积德verb | jī dé | to accumulate merit |
| 处心积虑phrase | chǔ xīn jī lǜ | to plot actively (idiom) |
| 积压verb | jī yā | to pile up |
积 appears in 100 compound words: 47 as the first character, 28 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 积 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (24)
to gradually acquire knowledge, and make use of it when needed; good preparation is the key to success
mistakes have become so habitual that they are instead regarded as right
Showing 12 of 24 idioms containing 积.
Example Sentences
积字由10笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
jī zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "积" consists of ten strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
俄军打击乌能源设施 乌克兰多地大面积停电
é jūn dǎ jī wū néng yuán shè shī wū kè lán duō dì dà miàn jī tíng diàn
Russian forces hit Ukrainian energy facilities Large-scale power outages in many places in Ukraine
台积ADR封关期间涨逾2%...台股金马年开...
tái jī A D R fēng guān qī jiān zhǎng yú 2 . . . tái gǔ jīn mǎ nián kāi . . .
TSMC ADR rose more than 2% during customs closure... Taiwan stock Golden Horse Year opens...
MG宣布“欧洲新车累积销量突破百万辆”!电动化布局成核心动能
M G xuān bù ōu zhōu xīn chē lěi jī xiāo liàng tū pò bǎi wàn liàng ! diàn dòng huà bù jú chéng hé xīn dòng néng
MG announced that "the cumulative sales of new cars in Europe exceeded one million units"! Electrification layout has become the core driving force
台美日联手 进击AI记忆体...力积电扛试产与制造重任
tái měi rì lián shǒu jìn jī A I jì yì tǐ . . . lì jī diàn gāng shì chǎn yǔ zhì zào chóng rèn
Taiwan, the United States and Japan join forces to attack AI memory... PSMC shoulders the heavy responsibility of trial production and manufacturing
力积电 变身AI供应链整合者
lì jī diàn biàn shēn A I gōng yīng liàn zhěng gě zhě
PSMC transforms into an AI supply chain integrator
她把她那时的全副积蓄都给了他。
Tā bǎ tā nàshí de quánfù jīxù dōu gěi le tā.
She gave him all the money that she had then.
牧场的面积有10英亩。
Mùchǎng de miànjī yǒu 10 yīngmǔ.
The pasture has an area of 10 acres.
事故似乎和厚厚的积雪有关。
Shìgù sìhū hé hòu hòu de jīxuě yǒuguān.
The accident seemed to have something to do with the heavy snow.
地上覆盖着积雪，冻成了又硬又厚的壳。
Dìshang fùgài zhe jīxuě, dòng chéngle yòu yìng yòu hòu de qiào.
The snow lay on the ground, frozen into a thick, hard crust.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (grain) component
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