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汲

jí
verb #26,921

Meanings

  1. 1 to draw (water)
  2. 2 to fetch (water from a well)

Examples

她每天去井边汲水。
Tā měitiān qù jǐng biān jí shuǐ.
She goes to the well every day to draw water.
我们应该汲取历史的教训。
Wǒmen yīnggāi jíqǔ lìshǐ de jiàoxun.
We should draw lessons from history.

Tips

usage
汲 alone means to draw water; the compound 汲取 (jíqǔ) extends this to absorbing knowledge, experience, or lessons — far more common in modern usage.
memory
The character shows water (氵) on the left and 及 (to reach) on the right — picture reaching down into water to pull it up.

Stroke Order

汲 jí