He repeatedly urged the king to enact the new law.
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The qì reading means "repeatedly" and appears only in classical texts. In modern Chinese the everyday reading is jí ("urgently"); see the primary entry.
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亟qì
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.
