绩

績
jì
noun #29,958

Meanings

  1. 1 merit; achievement; accomplishment

Examples

HSK 3
Tā de chéngjì hěn hǎo.
His grades are very good.
HSK 7-9
Zhè shì dàjiā de gōngjì.
This is everyone's achievement.

Tips

usage
绩 is mainly found in 成绩 (chéngjì, grades/results/achievement), 业绩 (yèjì, performance/business results), 功绩 (gōngjì, merit/contribution), 绩效 (jìxiào, performance/effectiveness).

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk; thread
Silk radical on the left, the indexing component and a contracted form of 糸. The original meaning of 绩 was 'to spin hemp into thread' - patient, accumulating work - which then expanded to 'achievement'. The 纟 ties it to other textile chars: 织 weave, 编 compile, 纺 spin.
phonetic
责 zé
demand; duty
Right side 责 zé supplies the sound with vowel shift zé → jì (an older reading was closer). Pedagogically it also rhymes thematically: a 责 is what is demanded of you, and 绩 is the accumulated result. Same phonetic shape appears in 债 debt and 渍 stain.

Stroke Order

绩 jì