吉 in English

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• Bob不仅会弹吉他还会吹笛。

  Bob plays not only the guitar but also the flute.

• 中国与巴基斯坦、印度、阿富汗、塔吉克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、哈萨克斯坦、北朝鲜、老挝、越南、尼泊尔、不丹、缅甸、蒙古和俄罗斯接壤。

  China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.

• 他常常彈吉他。

  He often plays the guitar.

• 你会弹吉他吗？

  Can you play the guitar?

• 吉姆工作努力，而约翰却无所事事。

  Jim works hard but John is idle.

• 吉姆怕了体力劳动了。

  Jim was afraid of physical labor.

• 吉姆為他的女朋友瘋狂。

  Jim is crazy about his girlfriend.

• 吉尔吉斯斯坦的情况十分混乱。

  The situation in Kyrgyzstan is a real mess.

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