積
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jī · to store up, to amass, to accumulate

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16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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禾Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 積

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Example sentences

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Tā mén qīng lǐ le jiē shàng de jī xuě.他們清理了街上的積雪。

They cleared the street of snow.

Source: Tatoeba #778732 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā sǐ qián lèi jī le páng dà de cái fù.他死前累積了龐大的財富。

He amassed a large fortune before he died.

Source: Tatoeba #2638764 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ tā nà shí de quán fù jī xù dōu gěi le tā.她把她那時的全副積蓄都給了他。

She gave him all the money that she had then.

Source: Tatoeba #469060 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà fángzi zài jī xuě de zhòngliàng xià tān tā le.那房子在積雪的重量下坍塌了。

The house collapsed under the weight of the snow.

Source: Tatoeba #10514093 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qiú sān jiǎo xíng de miàn jī求三角形的面積

Please find the area of the triangle.

Source: Tatoeba #5849917 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tāng mǔ shì shè qún zhōng de jī jí fēn zǐ.湯姆是社群中的積極分子。

Tom is an activist in his community.

Source: Tatoeba #13958093 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 積 in context

  1. Say jī, then recall the core meaning: to store up, to amass, to accumulate.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 積 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.