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楫

jí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 an oar; a short paddle

Characters

楫
jí
oar

Examples

HSK 7-9
假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。
Jiǎ zhōují zhě, fēi néng shuǐ yě, ér jué jiānghé.
One who borrows a boat and oars is no swimmer, yet can cross rivers.

Tips

history
楫 is not used alone in modern Chinese. It meant an oar in classical texts and survives chiefly in the literary pair 舟楫 (boat and oars), as in Xunzi's famous line about crossing rivers.
register
Literary; modern Chinese says 桨 for an oar or paddle.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
木 (wood) is the meaning radical, since oars were carved from wood.
phonetic
咠 qì
to whisper
咠 supplies the sound; the reading has drifted from 咠 to 楫. It is the same phonetic in 辑 and 缉.

Stroke Order

楫 jí