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Modern (Beijing) reading: jī
Preclassic Old Chinese: kīj
Classic Old Chinese: kīj
Western Han Chinese: kjǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: kiǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: kiēj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiēj
Late Postclassic Chinese: kiēj
Middle Chinese: kiej
English meaning : to search, research, examine, comprehend
Russian meaning[s]: 1) расследовать; ревизовать; 2) инструктировать; 3) изучать, рассматривать; 4) оставлять; задерживать; оттягивать, мешкать; 5) спорить; браниться; 6) сопоставлять; исчислять; 7) достигнуть; 8) Цзи (фамилия); [qǐ] класть земной поклон, бить челом
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *kīj 'to reach to'; for *khījʔ, MC khíej, Mand. jǐ 'to bow the head'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 115
Four-angle index: 1585
Karlgren code: 0552 o
Vietnamese reading: kê
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kV̄j / *kV̄n (?)
Meaning: add, calculate
Chinese: *kīj calculate.
Tibetan: khan-pa to add (arithm.).
Burmese: kinh, kjinh an arithmetical number.
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