积 jī
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- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
积
jī
to accumulate; to store up
Character
Example phrases
- 连日暴雨之后，地下通道里积了半米深的水，车辆根本无法通行。 Liánrì bàoyǔ zhīhòu, dìxià tōngdào lǐ jī le bàn mǐ shēn de shuǐ, chēliàng gēnběn wúfǎ tōngxíng. After days of heavy rain, half a metre of water had accumulated in the underpass, making it completely impassable for vehicles.
- 桌子很久没人用，上面积了一层灰。 Zhuōzi hěn jiǔ méi rén yòng, shàngmiàn jī le yì céng huī. Nobody had used the table for a long time, and a layer of dust had built up on it.
- 冬天下了一夜雪，路上积了厚厚的雪。 Dōngtiān xià le yí yè xuě, lùshang jī le hòuhòu de xuě. It snowed all night in winter, and thick snow lay piled on the road.
Related words
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 面积 miànjī area
- 积累 jīlěi to accumulate
- 体积 tǐjī volume
- 堆积 duījī to pile up; to accumulate
- 积淀 jīdiàn to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment
- 积蓄 jīxù to accumulate; savings
- 积攒 jīzǎn to save up; to accumulate
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 堵塞 dǔsè to block; to obstruct; blockage
- 底层 dǐcéng lowest level; grassroots; underlying layer
- 隔离 gélí to isolate; to separate; to quarantine