亟

jí / qì
adverb #59,553

Meanings

  1. 1 urgently
  2. 2 anxiously
  3. 3 earnestly

Examples

HSK 4
Zhège wèntí jí dài jiějué.
This problem urgently needs to be solved.
HSK 7-9
Gōngsī jíxū yì lún xīn de róngzī.
The company urgently needs a new round of funding.

Tips

usage
Read jí, 亟 is a literary adverb meaning "urgently", almost always in 亟待 or 亟需. A separate reading qì means "repeatedly".

Components

ideograph
亟 jí
urgent; pressing
亟 originally pictured a person pressed between an upper and a lower line, conveying being driven to an extreme, hence "urgent". The modern form has fused into a single shape that no longer separates cleanly. Indexed under Kangxi radical 二 (èr, "two") by tradition.

Filed under radical 二 (èr, #7) by convention. 二 is not a separate component in 亟, so no strokes are highlighted.

Stroke Order

亟 jí