Chinese Character Wiki
及

jí

extend

Pictograph of a hand (又) reaching to grab a person (人).

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Evolution

及 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
及 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
及 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
及 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
及 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

及  

jí

extend; reach; come up to; and; to reach; up to; in time for

Most common words with 及
Freq.
Word
Meaning

及

and

以及

too

及时

in time

涉及

to involve

及其

and

Component uses

Sound component in 11 characters (6 verified)

极 級 级 急 吸 圾 汲 笈 岌 芨 趿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m-k-]rəp

gip

jí

reach to


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 65.2251% of movies

641st most common character in movies

198th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+53CA

Shuowen

“及，逮也。从又，从人。乁，古文及，《秦刻石》及如此。，亦古文及。，亦古文及。”


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