积 jī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
积淀
jīdiàn
to accumulate and settle; accumulation; cultural sediment
Characters in this word
淀 diàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 定 to decide, to fix, to settle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一座城市的气质并非靠宣传塑造，而是由历史经验长期积淀而成。 Yí zuò chéngshì de qìzhì bìngfēi kào xuānchuán sùzào, ér shì yóu lìshǐ jīngyàn chángqī jīdiàn ér chéng. A city's character is not shaped by publicity, but formed through the long-term accumulation of historical experience.
- 这座古镇有着几百年的文化积淀。 Zhè zuò gǔzhèn yǒu zhe jǐ bǎi nián de wénhuà jīdiàn. This ancient town has several hundred years of accumulated culture.
- 好的文章需要多年阅读和生活经验的积淀。 Hǎo de wénzhāng xūyào duōnián yuèdú hé shēnghuó jīngyàn de jīdiàn. Good writing requires years of accumulated reading and life experience.
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 jī to accumulate; to store up
- 积蓄 jīxù to accumulate; savings
- 积攒 jīzǎn to save up; to accumulate
- 累积 lěijī to accumulate; to build up
- 沉淀 chéndiàn to settle; sedimentation; to accumulate
- 淀粉 diànfěn starch
- 瑰宝 guībǎo treasure; gem