箕
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winnow basket
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Dict coverage rank #3,395 U+7B95
How 箕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 其 (phonetic, qí)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 其
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 其 (qí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其 sound component | qí | his, her, its, their; that |
| 基 | jī | foundation, base |
| 期 | qī | a period of time; date, time; phase |
| 旗 | qí | banner, flag, streamer |
| 棋 | qí | chess; any strategy game |
| 欺 | qī | to cheat, to double-cross, to deceive |
| 淇 | qí | a river in Henan province |
| 琪 | qí | fine jade |
| 麒 | qí | mythical unicorn |
| 祺 | qí | good luck, good fortune |
| 萁 | qí | pulses, legumes |
| 綦 | qí | dark gray; variegated; superlative |
| 骐 | qí | piebald horse; excellent horse |
| 蜞 | qí | lightfoot crab; worm, leech |
| 鲯 | qí | ray-finned fish; Coryphaena hippurus |
Words containing 箕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南箕北斗 | Nán jī Běi dǒu | lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); fi… |
| 箕子 | Jī zǐ | Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyra… |
| 克绍箕裘 | kè shào jī qiú | to follow in one's father's footsteps |
| 扶箕 | fú jī | planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave); Ouija board |
| 筲箕 | shāo jī | bamboo basket for rice-washing |
| 簸箕 | bò jī | wicker or bamboo winnowing basket; dustpan |
| 畚箕 | běn jī | a bamboo or wicker scoop; dustpan |
| 箢箕 | yuān jī | (dialect) scoop-shaped woven bamboo basket |