挤
to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,879 U+6324
How 挤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 齐 (phonetic, qí)
How to remember it
squeeze · Heisig RSH #2718
fingers + 齐 identical
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 齐
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 齐 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 齐 sound component | qí | even, uniform, of equal length |
| 剂 | jì | dose; medicine; measure word for medicines |
| 济 | jì | to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across |
| 脐 | qí | navel; belly, underside |
| 侪 | chái | a class, a company; companion; together |
| 荠 | jì | water chestnut; water caltrop |
| 霁 | jì | to subside; to clear up after a storm; to stop being angry |
| 蛴 | qí | grubs, maggots |
| 跻 | jī | to ascend, to rise |
| 齑 | jī | to smash into pieces, to pulverize; hash |
| 哜 | jì | to sip |
| 鲚 | jì | anchovy |
Words containing 挤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挤破头 | jǐ pò tóu | to fight tooth and nail to get sth |
| 挤上去 | jǐ shàng qu | to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc) |
| 挤眉弄眼 | jǐ méi nòng yǎn | to make eyes; to wink |
| 挤花 | jǐ huā | (cookery) to decorate using a piping bag; to extrude something though a piping bag; piping |
| 挤出 | jǐ chū | to squeeze out; to extrude; to drain; to find the time; to burst out |
| 挤眼 | jǐ yǎn | to wink |
| 挤花袋 | jǐ huā dài | piping bag (cookery) |
| 挤对 | jǐ duì | (coll.) to mock; to bully; to force (a concession out of sb) |
| 挤过 | jǐ guò | to squeeze through; to force one's way through |
| 挤入 | jǐ rù | to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude |
| 交通拥挤 | jiāo tōng yōng jǐ | traffic congestion |
| 挤进 | jǐ jìn | to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into |
| 挤落 | jǐ luò | (coll.) to push aside |
| 挤来挤去 | jǐ lái jǐ qù | to mill about; to jostle |
| 挤提 | jǐ tí | bank run; to crowd into a bank and withdraw all one's money |
| 挤满 | jǐ mǎn | crowded to bursting point; filled to overflowing; jam-packed |
| 压挤 | yā jǐ | to squeeze out; to extrude |
| 挤压 | jǐ yā | to squeeze; to compress; (fig.) to crowd out; to put pressure on |
| 排挤 | pái jǐ | to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant |
| 挤奶 | jǐ nǎi | to milk |