汲 jí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 及 to extend
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
汲取
jíqǔ
to draw; to absorb; to learn from
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Example phrases
- 如果不能从失败中汲取教训，类似的决策失误还会反复出现。 Rúguǒ bù néng cóng shībài zhōng jíqǔ jiàoxùn, lèisì de juécè shīwù hái huì fǎnfù chūxiàn. If lessons cannot be drawn from failure, similar decision-making mistakes will recur.
- 年轻人应该多读书，从前人的经验中汲取智慧。 Niánqīngrén yīnggāi duō dúshū, cóng qiánrén de jīngyàn zhōng jíqǔ zhìhuì. Young people should read more and draw wisdom from the experience of those before them.
- 小树的根深深扎进土里，不停地汲取水分。 Xiǎo shù de gēn shēnshēn zhā jìn tǔ lǐ, bùtíng de jíqǔ shuǐfèn. The sapling's roots go deep into the soil, constantly drawing up water.
Related words
- 取 qǔ to take; to pick up
- 取得 qǔdé to achieve; to obtain
- 采取 cǎiqǔ to take; to adopt
- 取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
- 争取 zhēngqǔ to strive for; to win over
- 获取 huòqǔ to obtain
- 录取 lùqǔ to admit; to accept into school
- 夺取 duóqǔ to capture, to take by force
- 取代 qǔdài to replace
- 收取 shōuqǔ to collect
- 提取 tíqǔ to extract
- 听取 tīngqǔ to listen to, to hear