积

jī

to amass; to accumulate; to store up

(math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion

grain (禾) + phonetic (只) = to accumulate

Grain heaped up over harvests is the original image of accumulation. 只 mainly lends the sound jī; the grain radical carries all the meaning.

禾+只→积
只OnlyPhonetic
禾GrainSemantic

他多年来积累了很多经验。

tā duō nián lái jī lěi le hěn duō jīng yàn。

He has accumulated a lot of experience over many years.

两个数相乘,得到的结果叫做积。

liǎng gè shù xiāng chéng,dé dào de jié guǒ jiào zuò jī。

When two numbers are multiplied together, the result is called the product.

Words with 积

公积金

gōng jī jīn

official reserves

微积分

wēi jī fēn

calculus

淤积

yū jī

to silt up

积分

jī fēn

integral (calculus)

积重难返

jī zhòng nán fǎn

ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

积极

jī jí

active

体积

tǐ jī

volume

体积单位

tǐ jī dān wèi

unit of volume

体积百分比

tǐ jī bǎi fēn bǐ

percentage by volume

高积云

gāo jī yún

altocumulus

麦积区

mài jī qū

Maiji, a district of Tianshui City 天水市[Tian1 shui3 Shi4], Gansu

麦积山石窟

mài jī shān shí kū

Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu

More characters with 禾

称和嵇秦委羲移