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Jeanne d'Arc (ji-) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (-1) and having tea.

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The table is set

The character 几 could be decomposed into 丿 + 一 + 乚, but I think that this is not necessary. 几 nicely represents the table itself.

几

ji1 = ji + Ø1	small table \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 几 Jeanne d'Arc (ji-) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (-1) and having tea. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
ji1 = ji + Ø1	almost \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 几
ji3 = ji + Ø3	how much / how many / several / a few \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 几

几 appears as component in

几 is the simplified version of 幾 .

HSK level: 1

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

ji	Jeanne d'Arc - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago
Ø1	"Ø1" is happening in front of the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago
Ø3	"Ø3" is happening inside the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

Words with 几

几 ji1 乎 hu1		almost / nearly / practically (HSK level 3)
几 ji3 何 he2		geometry / (literary) how much
几 ji3 何 he2 级 ji2 数 shu4		geometric series
几 ji3 时 shi2		what time? / when?
几 ji3 百 bai3		several hundred
几 ji3 十 shi2 亿 yi4		several billion
巴 ba1 布 bu4 亚 ya4 新 xin1 几 ji3 内 nei4 亚 ya4		Papua New Guinea
所 suo3 剩 sheng4 无 wu2 几 ji3		there is not much left
曾 ceng2 几 ji3 何 he2 时 shi2		just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
几 ji3 千 qian1		several thousand
几 ji1 率 lu:4		probability / odds
茶 cha2 几 ji1		small side table / coffee table / teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
几 ji3 何 he2 学 xue2		geometry
十 shi2 几 ji3		more than ten / a dozen or more
好 hao3 几 ji3		several / quite a few
几 ji1 内 nei4 亚 ya4		Guinea
几 ji1 近 jin4		to be on the brink of / to be on the verge of
寥 liao2 寥 liao2 无 wu2 几 ji3		just a very few (idiom); tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers.
赤 chi4 道 dao4 几 ji1 内 nei4 亚 ya4		Equatorial Guinea
几 ji3 许 xu3		(literary) how many / quite a few
射 she4 影 ying3 几 ji3 何 he2		projective geometry
几 ji3 何 he2 平 ping2 均 jun1 数 shu4		geometric mean
前 qian2 几 ji3 天 tian1		a few days before
几 ji3 何 he2 原 yuan2 本 ben3		Euclid's Elements
几 ji3 何 he2 光 guang1 学 xue2		geometric optics
几 ji3 位 wei4		several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen!
几 ji1 乎 hu1 完 wan2 全 quan2		almost entirely / almost completely
几 ji3 何 he2 拓 tuo4 扑 pu1		(math.) geometric topology
几 ji3 何 he2 拓 tuo4 扑 pu1 学 xue2		(math.) geometric topology
几 ji3 何 he2 级 ji2 数 shu4 增 zeng1 长 zhang3		exponential increase
好 hao3 几 ji3 年 nian2		several years
分 fen1 形 xing2 几 ji3 何 he2 学 xue2		fractal geometry
内 nei4 在 zai4 几 ji3 何 he2		intrinsic geometry
几 ji1 乎 hu1 不 bu4		hardly / seems not
几 ji1 丁 ding1 质 zhi4		chitin
一 yi1 蹴 cu4 可 ke3 几 ji3		to succeed at the first try (idiom) / easy as pie / one can do it at once
几 ji1 丁 ding1		chitin
几 ji1 可 ke3 乱 luan4 真 zhen1		to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing
堆 dui1 案 an4 盈 ying2 几 ji1		lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
分 fen1 形 xing2 几 ji3 何 he2		fractal geometry