计

jì = ji + Ø4

surname Ji

计 = 十 + 讠 : Joan of Arc inspects an advertising column in the space station's bathroom. On it there is an intricate pattern of crosses. With an calculator she tries to calculate the overall area the crosses take on the advertising column.

jì = ji + Ø4

to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge

计 = 十 + 讠 : Joan of Arc inspects an advertising column in the space station's bathroom. On it there is an intricate pattern of crosses. With an calculator she tries to calculate the overall area the crosses take on the advertising column.

计 character breakdown

计
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 讠

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

yán = y + an2

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 计 as component

计 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 计

to estimate / to reckon / CL:個|个[ge4] / (coll.) to suppose

lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless / innumerable

to fall into a trap / taken in by a stratagem / cheated / ripped off

Five-Year Plan

,

see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]

to disregard / to take no account of

parallel computing

China Education and Research Network (CERNET) / abbr. to 中國教育網|中国教育网[Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 Wang3]

chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer

auditing department / accounting department / comptroller office

population studies / population statistics

Human Genome Project

to number in the thousands

voltmeter

to act according to plan

auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office

the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success

make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day

The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction / all the possible schemes and stratagems

,

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave

Sentences with 计

nà

ya̅o

hóu

kě

yǒu

shén

to̅ng

bù

rú

jia̅ng

jì

jiù

jì

That demon monkey seems invincible. Let's beat him at his own game.