Chinese Character Wiki
計

jì

calculate

Depicts saying (言) numbers (十) to count or calculate.

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

十 meaning component

十  Meaning component

shí

  

ten

Evolution

計 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
計 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
計 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
計 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

计 (計) 

jì

plan, plot; stratagem; scheme; to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge

计 (計) 

Jì

surname Ji

Most common words with 計
Freq.
Word
Meaning

计划

plan

伙计

partner

设计

plan

估计

to estimate

统计

statistics

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤij-s

kejH

jì

calculate


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 89.6684% of movies

238th most common character in movies

251st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

计

Unicode

U+8A08

Shuowen

“計，會也，筭也。从言，从十。”


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