Chinese Character Wiki
箕

jī

sieve

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound. Originally written as 其, a pictograph of a basket.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

其 sound component

其  Sound component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Evolution

箕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
箕 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
箕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

箕  

jī

sieve; dust pan, garbage bag; winnow basket

Most common words with 箕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

箕

winnow basket

畚箕

dustpan

簸箕

dustpan

克绍箕裘

to follow in one's father's footsteps

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)ə

ki

jī

winnowing basket


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4357th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7B95

Shuowen

“箕，簸也。从竹；，象形；下其丌也。，古文箕省。，亦古文箕。，亦古文箕。廿从一八，籀文箕。，籀文箕。”


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