稽 (jī): to inspect, to check, to bow to the ground
稽 (jī) is a Chinese character meaning “to inspect.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (semantic), 尤 (structural) and 旨 (phonetic). It ranks #2349 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 稽 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 inspect
- to check
- to bow to the ground
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滑稽adjective | huá jī | comical |
| 无稽之谈phrase | wú jī zhī tán | (idiom) complete nonsense |
| 稽查verb | jī chá | inspection |
| 稽核verb | jī hé | to audit |
| 滑天下之大稽phrase | huá tiān xià zhī dà jī | to be the most ridiculous thing in the world (idiom) |
| 无稽之言 | wú jī zhī yán | see 無稽之談|无稽之谈 |
| 稽查人员 | jī chá rén yuán | inspector |
| 稽查员noun | jī chá yuán | inspector |
| 稽古振今 | jī gǔ zhèn jīn | studying the old to promote the new (idiom) |
| 无稽verb | wú jī | nonsense |
| 荒唐无稽 | huāng táng wú jī | preposterous |
| 税捐稽征处 | shuì juān jī zhēng chù | Taipei Revenue Service (tax office) |
| 荒诞无稽 | huāng dàn wú jī | ridiculous |
| 稽考 | jī kǎo | (literary) to examine |
| 稽古verb | jī gǔ | to learn from the ancients |
稽 appears in 18 compound words: 44 as the first character, 39 as the last, and 17 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 稽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
稽字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
jī zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "稽" has different usages in different contexts.
...塑胶袋有无哄抬 桃检连假首日率队市场联合稽查
. . . sù jiāo dài yǒu wú hōng tái táo jiǎn lián jiǎ shǒu rì lǜ duì shì chǎng lián gě jī chá
...To Check for Price Gouging on Plastic Bags, Taoyuan Prosecutors Lead Joint Market Inspection on First Day of Holiday Break
使用牌照税改“碳排量”稽征?财部:车籍资料尚无碳排量登载
shǐ yòng pái zhào shuì gǎi tàn pái liàng jī zhēng ? cái bù : chē jí zī liào shàng wú tàn pái liàng dēng zài
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. . . dà mǎ hǎn suǒ dìng A I , chē yòng kè hù běi měi C S P dà hǎn jī hé wěn bù tuī jìn
...Dama Factory Targets AI and Automotive Clients; Audits by Major North American CSPs Are Progressing Steadily
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shòu shòu zhēn luàn xiàng shí yào shǔ běn yuè qǐ dòng zhuān àn jī chá nǐ xiū yào shì fǎ dìng wǎng lù píng tái guǎn lǐ zé rèn
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一晚6千旅馆见蟑螂尸体 台南观旅局派员稽查
yī wǎn 6 qiān lǚ guǎn jiàn 蟑 螂 shī tǐ tái nán guàn lǚ jú pài yuán jī chá
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那是无稽之谈。只有傻瓜才会相信。
Nàshi wújīzhītán. zhǐ yǒu shǎguā cái huì xiāngxìn.
That's nonsense. Nobody but a fool would believe it.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 禾 (grain) component
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