集 jí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
集资
jízī
to raise funds; fundraising
Characters in this word
资 zī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 村民通过合法渠道集资修桥，所有账目都定期向公众公开。 Cūnmín tōngguò héfǎ qúdào jízī xiū qiáo, suǒyǒu zhàngmù dōu dìngqī xiàng gōngzhòng gōngkāi. The villagers raised funds through legal channels to repair the bridge, with all accounts regularly disclosed to the public.
- 邻居们集资买了一台新的健身器材放在小区里。 Línjūmen jízī mǎi le yì tái xīn de jiànshēn qìcái fàng zài xiǎoqū lǐ. The neighbours chipped in to buy new exercise equipment for the residential compound.
- 同学们想集资给老师买一份毕业纪念品。 Tóngxuémen xiǎng jízī gěi lǎoshī mǎi yí fèn bìyè jìniànpǐn. The classmates want to pool money to buy their teacher a graduation keepsake.
Related words
- 集体 jítǐ group
- 集中 jízhōng to concentrate
- 集合 jíhé to gather
- 集团 jítuán business group
- 收集 shōují to collect
- 采集 cǎijí to collect, to gather
- 聚集 jùjí to gather
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense
- 搜集 sōují to collect
- 筹集 chóují to raise; to collect
- 汇集 huìjí to collect; to gather together
- 集会 jíhuì to assemble; assembly; rally