寄
to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
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How 寄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 (semantic, “roof”) + 奇 (phonetic, qí)
How to remember it
mail · Heisig RSH #199
奇 strange + house
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奇
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奇 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 sound component | qí | strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult |
| 骑 | qí | to ride, to mount; cavalry |
| 椅 | yǐ | chair, seat |
| 绮 | qǐ | fine silk; elegant, beautiful |
| 倚 | yǐ | to rely on, to depend on |
| 崎 | qí | rough, uneven; jagged, rugged |
| 旖 | yǐ | romantic; tender, charming |
| 犄 | jī | animal horns |
| 猗 | yī | exclamation of admiration |
| 剞 | jī | carving or engraving; knife; grave |
| 埼 | qí | headland |
| 琦 | qí | jade, gem, precious stone |
| 掎 | jǐ | to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet |
| 欹 | yī | pleading interjection |
Words containing 寄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寄生生活 | jì shēng shēng huó | parasitic life (of an organism); (fig.) parasitic lifestyle (of a person) |
| 寄生物 | jì shēng wù | parasite |
| 寄生者 | jì shēng zhě | parasite (human) |
| 寄物处 | jì wù chù | coat check; cloakroom; checkroom |
| 寄生虫 | jì shēng chóng | parasite (biology); (fig.) freeloader |
| 寄件人 | jì jiàn rén | sender |
| 寄子 | jì zǐ | foster son |
| 寄生 | jì shēng | to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; pa… |
| 寄存器 | jì cún qì | processor register (computing) |
| 寄发 | jì fā | to dispatch; to send out (mail) |
| 寄出 | jì chū | to mail; to send by post |
| 寄物 | jì wù | to check in items (at a cloakroom, locker etc) |
| 寄主 | jì zhǔ | host (of a parasite) |
| 寄语 | jì yǔ | to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc; a message of this… |
| 寄宿学校 | jì sù xué xiào | boarding school |
| 寄名 | jì míng | adopted name; to take a name (of one's adoptive family) |
| 寄宿生 | jì sù shēng | boarder |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | qiān lǐ jì é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it;… |
| 转寄 | zhuǎn jì | to forward (a letter, email, package etc) |
| 寄存处 | jì cún chù | warehouse; temporary store; left-luggage office; cloak-room |