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躋
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跻
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ascend (iii)

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
jī
セイ、サイ
のぼ.る
제
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (躋)
足 lower leg+ 齊 identical =
躋 ascend (iii)
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
齊 Phonetic component
identical
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Simplified (跻)
足 lower leg+ 齐 equal =
跻 ascend
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
齐 Phonetic component
qí equal
even, uniform, of equal length
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
跻 / 躋 [jī]
to go up (esp. in rank); to rise; to ascend
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
跻身 [jī​shēn] #22,299
to rise (in society)