jī, jì
spin (thread)
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 責 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 績
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
achievement | ||
achievement | ||
military successes | ||
school report or transcript | ||
performance |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ts]ˤek | tsek | jī | twist, spin |
*[ts]ˤek | tsek | jì | achieve; achievement |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 11.4688% of movies
1876th most common character in movies
1547th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7E3E |
Shuowen | “績,緝也。从糸,責聲。” |
Sources
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