Memory phrase for the character: 基
基
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Meaning
foundation, base, basic
Pronunciation
jī
Explanation
Top: image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically to divide the grain from the husk [thus used in period 期], below: earth 土
Mnemonic
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The grain scoop has an earthen foundation.
Radicals
其
grain shovel/scoop With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
土
earth, ground Pay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.
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Vocabulary
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基本上
jī běn shang
basically; on the whole
托洛茨基
Tuō luò cí jī
Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940
熊成基
Xióng Chéng jī
Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr
基建
jī jiàn
capital construction (project); infrastructure
甲基
jiǎ jī
methyl group (chemistry)
基极
jī jí
base electrode (in transistor)
氨基酸
ān jī suān
amino acid
基地
jī dì
base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda
基层
jī céng
basic level; grass-roots unit; basement layer
基础
jī chǔ
base; foundation; basis; underlying
基金
jī jīn
fund
基金
jī jīn
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