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觊

覬
jì
verb #79,340

Meanings

  1. 1 to covet
  2. 2 to hope to gain (something one should not have)

Examples

HSK 7-9
几个强国觊觎这块富饶又险要的土地。
Jǐ gè qiángguó jì yú zhè kuài fùráo yòu xiǎnyào de tǔdì.
Several powers coveted this rich and strategic territory.
HSK 7-9
他早就觊觎王位。
Tā zǎo jiù jì yú wángwèi.
He has long coveted the throne.

Tips

usage
觊 is a bound character living in 觊觎, to covet something one has no right to, especially power or territory. It always carries a disapproving tone.

Components

radical
见 jiàn
to see; to look
见 is the see radical on the right. Coveting starts with the eye: wanting what one looks at, so the seeing radical carries the meaning.
phonetic
岂 qǐ
how; surely not
岂 supplies the sound, shifted from qǐ to jì. It is the phonetic element on the left and contributes only the reading here.

Stroke Order

觊 jì