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JI¹

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of John Innes, a generic range of horticultural composts. JI No 1, JI No 2, etc

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Jemaah Islamiyah, an Islamist militant organization based in Indonesia.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of East Java: a province of Indonesia.

Ji²

  • /dʒi/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 薊 /蓟 (Jì), literally thistle.

proper noun

  1. historical An ancient settlement in northeastern China within modern Beijing.

    Similar: Jicheng, Shangdu, Youzhou, Guangyang

  2. historical The state which it ruled.
  3. historical Synonym of Yan, a neighboring state that conquered Ji and then used its capital.

    Similar: Yan

  4. historical A former county now within Beijing, China.

Ji³

  • /dʒi/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 吉 (Jí), literally "lucky".

proper noun

  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. At a brigade in Ji county in south-eastern Shanxi, not really in mountain country, yields per mou were raised from 56 jin to 194 jin during the 1970s.

Ji⁴

  • /dʒi/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 姞 (Jí), sometimes derived from 女 (“woman, matriarchal clan marker”) + 吉 (jí, “lucky”). Doublet of Chi.

proper noun Jis

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cha, haft, swami, bari, stu, maharaj, mata, shib, yes, yeah, yup, yep, aye, affirmative, certainly, sure

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中文吉 Jí

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@misc{ji_2026,
  title = {JI},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ji},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}