激 jī
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 敫 ancient musical instrument
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
激活
jīhuó
to activate; to stimulate
Characters in this word
活 huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 舌 tongue
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 用户必须先完成身份验证，才能激活新的支付权限。 Yònghù bìxū xiān wánchéng shēnfèn yànzhèng, cái néng jīhuó xīn de zhīfù quánxiàn. Users must complete identity verification before they can activate the new payment permissions.
- 新手机买回来以后要先激活才能使用。 Xīn shǒujī mǎi huílái yǐhòu yào xiān jīhuó cái néng shǐyòng. After you buy a new phone you have to activate it before you can use it.
- 这种运动能激活大脑，让人更有精神。 Zhè zhǒng yùndòng néng jīhuó dànǎo, ràng rén gèng yǒu jīngshén. This kind of exercise can activate the brain and make you more alert.
Related words
- 刺激 cìjī exciting; to stimulate
- 激动 jīdòng excited
- 激烈 jīliè intense
- 感激 gǎnjī to appreciate, to be grateful
- 激发 jīfā to inspire, to stimulate
- 激励 jīlì to encourage, to motivate
- 激情 jīqíng passion, enthusiasm
- 激荡 jīdàng to surge; to reverberate; to stir
- 激光 jīguāng laser
- 激化 jīhuà to intensify; to sharpen; to escalate
- 激起 jīqǐ to arouse; to stir up; to cause
- 激素 jīsù hormone