Taxonomy of meanings for 季:　　

  • 季 jì (OC: kʷids MC: kʷi) 居悸切 去 廣韻：【昆季也又少也小稱也亦姓左傳魯有季友又漢複姓四氏晉有唐邑大夫季連齊有鬼方氏第六子名季連其後氏焉晉有祁邑大夫季𤓰忽宋有季隨逢丗本云周有八士季隨季騧之後騧或作𤓰又有魯大夫齊季窺昔齊公子季奔于楚楚遂号爲齊季氏居悸切二 】
  • jìLATE
    • nadNlate (as in 季秋 late autumn)CH

Additional information about 季

說文解字: 【季】，少偁也。 〔小徐本無「也」。〕 从子、从稚省，稚亦聲。 〔小徐本「稚」上無「从」。〕 【居悸切】

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  • BROTHER

    1. The standard collective term for brothers is xiōng dì 兄弟.

    2. Xiōng 兄 can refer to the eldest brother as the head of his own generation (explicitly bó xiōng 伯兄 ), but it word often refers more generally to elder brothers, including those who are not the heir in the clan.

    3. Dì 弟 refers to the younger brothers, and never specifically to the youngest.

    4. Zōng zǐ 宗子 is a specific, formal, and ritual term for the eldest brother and heir in a family, typically after the death of whom he succeeds. See HEIR.

    5. Zhòng 仲 refers to the next-eldest or second-eldest brother.

    6. Bó 伯／霸 is the technical term for the eldest brother, and this word is sometimes expanded to bó xiōng 伯兄.

    7. Jì 季 refers to the last-born brother or sister.

    8. Kūn dì 昆弟 refers to brothers in general, but there is a pervasive doubt whether it does not also include the notion of cousins. See COUSIN.

  • DREAM

    1. The current standard word for a dream is mèng 夢.

    2. Xiōng mèng 凶夢 refers to a nightmare.

    ZHOULI 3 占夢：掌其歲時，觀天地之會，辨陰陽之氣。以日月星辰占六夢之吉凶，一曰正夢，二曰噩夢，三曰思夢，四曰寤夢，五曰喜夢，六曰懼夢。季冬，聘王夢，獻吉夢于王，王拜而受之。乃舍萌于四方，以贈惡夢，遂令始難驅疫。

  • SEASON

    1. The general term for a season is shí 時, and the primary seasons are chūn 春 and qiū 秋, in Warring States times the names of the Four Seasons became current.

    2. Jì 季 refers to the last month of each season.