稽
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) to examine; to check (against records)
- 2.(literary) to delay; to linger
- 3.(literary) to dispute; to argue
- 1.to bow to the ground
- 1.surname Ji
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Wiktionary
- 1.to examine; to investigate; to check
- 2.to recriminate; to argue; to dispute
- 3.to keep; to reserve
- 4.to delay; to procrastinate
- 5.to reach
- 6.to suit; to correspond
- 7.to divine
- 8.to kowtow; to bow to the ground
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Etymology
Originally 𩒨, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kiː, *kʰiːʔ): phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ) + semantic 頁 (“person's head”). In the modern form it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kiː, *kʰiːʔ): semantic 𥝌 (“bent, stunted tree”) + semantic 尤 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
那是無稽之談。只有傻瓜才會相信。
That's nonsense. Nobody but a fool would believe it.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Derived terms
公事稽程勾稽反脣相稽反唇相稽居今稽古會稽会稽會稽之恥会稽之耻會稽山会稽山有案可稽深稽博考滑稽滑稽劇滑稽剧滑稽大鼓滑稽戲滑稽戏滑稽突梯漫誕不稽漫诞不稽無稽无稽無稽之言无稽之言無稽之談无稽之谈稽古稽古之力
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Related words
滑稽 comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī])稽考 (literary) to examine; to consult (records); to investigate钩稽 to explore稽查 inspection稽核 to audit稽古 to learn from the ancients钩稽 variant of 钩稽[gōu jī]稽颡 to kowtow (touch the forehead to the floor)无稽 nonsense稽查员 inspector无稽之谈 (idiom) complete nonsense荒谬无稽 completely ridiculous and unfounded