讥 (jī): to ridicule

讥 (jī) is a Chinese character meaning “to ridicule.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 几 (phonetic). It ranks #2704 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 讥 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 讠 speech4 strokesFrequency #2704讠 semantic几 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to ridicule

Etymology & Origin

讥

pictophoneticspeech

Decomposition: ⿰讠几 (layout: left-right)

Components:讠semantic几phonetic

Stroke Order

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2
3
4

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
讥讽jī fěngto satirize
讥笑jī xiàoto sneer
反唇相讥fǎn chún xiāng jī(idiom) to answer back sarcastically
讥刺jī cìto ridicule
讥诮jī qiàoto deride
5
Total compounds
80
As first character
20
As last character
0
As middle character

讥 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 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 讥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

讽fěng
0.7341,980 co-occurrences
笑xiào
0.489588 co-occurrences
唇chún
0.489204 co-occurrences
谤bàng
0.46348 co-occurrences
嘲cháo
0.453102 co-occurrences
躁zào
0.39330 co-occurrences
贬biǎn
0.37330 co-occurrences
颇pō
0.36536 co-occurrences
刺cì
0.362180 co-occurrences
赋fù
0.35136 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

他讥论自由，但也要注意言辞得当。

tā jī lún zì yóu , dàn yě yāo zhù yì yán cí dé dāng .

He criticizes freedom, but he must also be careful to choose his words wisely.

TvbsMar 2026

《逐玉》张凌赫被讥“粉底液将军” 圈内人具名呛声:娘炮男

zhú yù zhāng líng hè bèi jī fěn de yè jiāng jūn juān nèi rén jù míng qiàng shēng : niáng pào nán

Orientaldaily MyMar 2026

网传狮城车主添加RON95汽油照片 网民讥讽原贴主疑以“沙巴车牌”博流量密码

wǎng chuán shī chéng chē zhǔ tiān jiā R O N 9 5 qì yóu zhào piàn wǎng mín jī fěng yuán tiē zhǔ yí yǐ shā bā chē pái bó liú liàng mì mǎ

Photos of a Singaporean car owner filling up with RON95 gasoline have gone viral online, with netizens mocking the original poster for allegedly using a "Sabah license plate" as a clickbait tactic.

Character Family

讠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the speech radical

谤bàng诧chà诚chéng词cí诞dàn调diào谍dié订dìng讹é访fǎng

Related Characters

认rèn记jì识shí诉sù试shì话huà语yǔ说shuō请qǐng读dòu

Homophones — Characters pronounced jī

饥jī肌jī机jī鸡jī级jí急jí几jī己jǐ计jì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 讥 (jī) mean in Chinese?
讥 (jī) primarily means "to ridicule." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2704 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 讥 and 铅?
讥 (jī) and 铅 (qiān) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 讠 vs 钅 (same 几 component).
How many strokes does 讥 have?
讥 is written with 4 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 讥?
The radical associated with 讥 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are the components of 讥?
讥 is composed of: 讠 (semantic), 几 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰讠几 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 讥?
Common words with 讥 include: 讥讽 (jī fěng, "to satirize"); 讥笑 (jī xiào, "to sneer"); 反唇相讥 (fǎn chún xiāng jī, "(idiom) to answer back sarcastically"); 讥刺 (jī cì, "to ridicule"); 讥诮 (jī qiào, "to deride"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 讥 (jī)?
Several characters share the pronunciation jī: 饥 ((bound form) hungry), 肌 (muscle), 机 (machine, opportunity), 鸡 (chicken), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 讥 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 讥 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.