忌
to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
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Dict coverage rank #1,772 U+5FCC
How 忌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 己 (phonetic, jǐ)
How to remember it
shun · Heisig RSH #1795
snake + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 己
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 己 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound component | jǐ | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem |
| 起 | qǐ | to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up |
| 配 | pèi | to blend, to mix; to fit, to match |
| 纪 | jì | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal |
| 杞 | qǐ | willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state |
| 岂 | qǐ | what; how |
| 芑 | qǐ | white millet |
| 圮 | pǐ | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert |
| 屺 | qǐ | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |
Words containing 忌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横行无忌 | héng xíng wú jì | (idiom) to run rampant; to act with impunity |
| 田忌赛马 | Tián Jì sài mǎ | Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom) |
| 威士忌酒 | wēi shì jì jiǔ | whiskey (loanword) |
| 长孙无忌 | Zhǎng sūn Wú jì | Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang |
| 童言无忌 | tóng yán wú jì | children's words carry no harm (idiom) |
| 百无禁忌 | bǎi wú jìn jì | all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes; nothing is taboo |
| 外宽内忌 | wài kuān nèi jì | magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom) |
| 投鼠忌器 | tóu shǔ jì qì | lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom); to not ac… |
| 威士忌 | wēi shì jì | whiskey (loanword) |
| 忌口 | jì kǒu | abstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods; be on a diet |
| 性禁忌 | xìng jìn jì | sexual taboo |
| 忌日 | jì rì | anniversary of a death; inauspicious day |
| 禁忌语 | jìn jì yǔ | taboo language |
| 忌食 | jì shí | (formal) to avoid (certain foods) |
| 无所畏忌 | wú suǒ wèi jì | without any fear of consequences; totally devoid of scruples |
| 忌烟 | jì yān | to quit smoking |
| 切忌 | qiè jì | to avoid as taboo; to avoid by all means |
| 犯忌 | fàn jì | to violate a taboo |
| 恣行无忌 | zì xíng wú jì | to behave recklessly |
| 禁忌 | jìn jì | taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from |