幾 [几] jǐ
numeral | question word
: a few; several
: how much; how many
幾 [几] jī
adverb
: almost
: small table
幾 | いく iku
noun | prefix
: some; several
: many
: how many? how much
幾ら | いくら ikura
adverb | noun
: how much?; how many?
幾つ | いくつ ikutsu
adverb
: how many?
: how old?
幾 | ほとほと hotohoto
adverb
: quite (usu. negative connotation); utterly; really
几 | おしまずき oshimazuki
noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table
幾 | き ki
几 | き ki
noun
: (Archaism) armrest
: desk; table
幾[几]何 ji3he2: geometry; lit: how much [きか kika: geometry]
[幾何学 | きかがく kikagaku: geometry] [幾何 | いくばく ikubaku: how many; how much]幾個 [几个] ji3ge: a few; several; how many
幾個人 ji3ge ren2: a few/several people; how many people? 幾時 [几时] ji3shi2: what time? when? [ikutoki: how much time?]
こいねがう konegau: to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat 幾ら欠点が有っても | いくらけってんがあっても ikura ketten ga attemo 幾たび | いくたび ikutabi 幾世 OR 幾代 | いくよ ikuyo: generations; ages; years 幾度も | いくども ikudomo: many times 余命幾何もない | よめいいくばくもない yomei ikubaku mo nai 庶幾わくは | こいねがわくは konegawakuha 几下 | きか kika 幾次三番 [几次三番] ji3 ci4 san1 fan1 曾幾何時 [曾几何时] ceng2 ji3 he2 shi2 寥寥無幾 [寥寥无几] liao2 liao2 wu2 ji3 識微見幾 [识微见几] shi2 wei1 jian4 ji3
[幾人 | いくたり ikutari OR いくにん ikunin: number of people]
幾[几]年 ji3nian2: a few/several years; how many years
[いくとせ ikutose OR いくねん ikunen: number of years]幾[几]天 ji3tian1: several days
幾[几]多 ji3duo1: how many [いくた ikuta: many; numerous]
好幾[几] hao3ji3: several; quite a few
無幾[几] [无几] wu2ji3: very little; hardly any
百幾[几] bai3ji3: more than a hundred
幾[几]乎 ji3hu1: almost; nearly; practically
幾[几]希 ji3xi1: not much; very little (difference)
幾[几]近 ji1jin4: to be on the brink of; to be on the verge of
幾[几]案 ji3’an4: long table
[几案 | きあん kian: desk]庶幾[几] shu4ji3: similar; almost; if only; maybe [しょき shoji: desire; hope]
條幾 [条几] tiao2ji3: long narrow table
不拉幾[几] bu4la1ji3: (dialect) extremely
Japanese common word | expression
幾ら何でも | いくらなんでも ikura nandemo
: under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like
: with all one’s faults
: (how) many times; (how) often
: your days are numbered
: I pray in earnest that; I beg that; I yearn that
: word of respect added to the addressee’s name on a letter
: under the desk
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
一蹴可幾 yi1 cu4 ke3 ji3
: to succeed at the first try: easy as pie; one can do it at once
: lit. twice then three times; fig. repeatedly; over and over again
: just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when…
: just a very few; tiny number; not many at all. You count them on your fingers.
: lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything
会意 Associative Compound.
Guarding 戍 (shu4: garrison) against
small 幺 (yao1: small) dangers (original meaning).
scholars say: 戍 (shu4: man with lance): frontier guard + 幺 (you1: small) means the guard notices the small things, and “small” suggests “few”
簡體 Simplified.
几. Created as generic character simplification #44 (幾 » 几).
Examples:
この本わ幾らですか？
このほんわいくらですか kono hon wa ikura desuka
How much is this book?
這本書幾多錢？
zh4e ben3shu1 ji3duo1 qian2
How much is this book?
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
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