漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
忌: mourning, abhor
Also: detestable, death anniversary
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 己 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 回忌かいきdeath anniversary
- 忌避きひevasion; avoidance; shirking
- 禁忌きんきtaboo
- 一周忌いっしゅうき
- 七回忌しちかいきsixth anniversary of a death
- 三回忌さんかいきsecond anniversary of a death
Also read いむ, いみ, いまわしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
忌 takes the 己 family's reading, キ (ki).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jì
Same form: 忌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 忌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 忌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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