Meaning
to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
Chinese: 计算、计划或计谋。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ji” becomes a different word in each tone. 计 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 计划jì huàplan; project; program; to plan
- 计算机jì suàn jīcomputer; (Tw) calculator
- 设计shè jìto design; to plan; design; plan
- 计算jì suànto calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over
- 预计yù jìto forecast; to predict; to estimate
Example Sentence
我们已经定好了旅行计划。Wǒ men yǐ jīng dìng hǎo le lǚ xíng jì huà.We have already made the travel plan.
我们Wǒ menwe已经yǐ jīngalready定dìngto fix好hǎogood了le(completed action)旅行lǚ xíngto travel计划jì huàplan。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The speech radical 讠 plus 十 (ten): to reckon up — ‘to count, calculate; a plan, scheme; a meter, gauge’ (计算, 计划, 温度计). Simplified from 計.
A way to remember it
Speech (讠) + ten (十) — to count; a plan; a meter.