12345678910111213141516Keywordto hope forto wishHebei provinceFrequency#2724Strokes16ReadingsjìMnemonic北 (north) gives the meaning and 異 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of北north異differentUsed in characters骥refinedUsed in vocabulary冀jì(literary) to hope for京津冀JīngJīnJìJing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)希冀xījì(literary) to hope晋察冀JìnCháJìShanxi 山西 (Shānxī), Chahar 察哈尔 (Cháhā'ěr) and Hebei 河北 (Héběi) (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)冀县JìxiànJi county in Hebei期冀qījì(literary) to hope for; to wish