Chinese Word: 戢 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

戢

Pinyin: jí

English Definition: to restrain oneself; to collect; to hoard; to store up; to cease; surname Ji

Chinese Definition:
①收敛，收藏：戢翼。戢影。载戢干戈(把兵器收藏起来)。
②止，停止：戢怒。戢鳞(喻蓄志待时)。
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 戈

Pictophonetic:咠 indicates the sound; 戈 (spear) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 咠 [ qì ] to whisper, to slander, to blame
- 戈 [ gē ] spear, lance, halberd

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	载戢干戈	zài jí gān gē	to put away weapons; to stop fighting (idiom)
	戢兵罢战	jí bīng bà zhàn	to freeze weapons and cease hostilities (idiom)

1		ná pò lún 拿破仑 zhàn zhēng 战争 qī jiān 期间， yōu 优 lǐ 礼 fù nǚ 妇女 zuò fēng 作风 wèi 未 jí 戢。 During the Napoleonic Wars, chivalry was not entirely dead.
2		yán yǔ 言语 yào 要 zhēn shí 真实， jí 戢 zhǐ 止 tān lán 贪婪， zhì 制 xī 息 yuàn nù 怨怒， yuǎn lí 远离 è xíng 恶行， gèng 更 xū 须 jīng cháng 经常 bú yào 不要 wàng jì 忘记 wú cháng 无常 de 的 dào lǐ 道理。 By always thinking about the transience of your life, you will be able to resist greed and anger, and will be able to avoid all evils.