忌

jì

to be jealous of · fear

Radical: 心 Strokes: 7

Structure: Top large, bottom smallFrequency: Common

Same radical

心意思志恶息急感悬恩总想

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心意思志恶息急感悬恩总想念怨态

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Character Decomposition

忌=己+心

Etymology

heart

Meanings

to be jealous of

fear

dread

scruple

to avoid or abstain from

to quit

to give up sth

jì

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Words with 忌 111 total

to avoid as taboo避忌bì jì to have misgivings · apprehension · worry · qualm · scruple顾忌gù jì taboo · contraindication (medicine) · to abstain from禁忌jìn jì to have scruples · to have misgivings拘忌jū jì

Idioms with 忌 20 total

all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes · nothing is taboo百无禁忌bǎi wú jìn jì (idiom) to run rampant; to act with impunity横行无忌héng xíng wú jì hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism · to keep one's shortcomings secret · to refuse to listen to advice讳疾忌医huì jí jì yī absolutely unrestrained · unbridled · without the slightest scruple肆无忌惮sì wú jì dàn lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) · to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents投鼠忌器tóu shǔ jì qì magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)外宽内忌wài kuān nèi jì