缉 jī to arrest
to arrest; to sieze
怎么记住“缉”: 纟 silk + 咠 whisper = to arrest. The detective pulls a loose strand of silk from the thief's coat, hears his partner whisper "Now" and they rush in to arrest him.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
缉 = 纟 silk + 咠 whisper
- 纟 silk meaning
- 咠 whisper sound
The detective pulls a loose strand of silk from the thief's coat, hears his partner whisper "Now" and they rush in to arrest him.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the sign for whisper the sound; the word first meant spinning fibres into thread.
用法
- To seize/hunt down (criminals): 通缉 (tōngjī) to put out a wanted order, 缉拿 (jīná) to apprehend, 缉毒 (jīdú) drug enforcement, 缉私 (jīsī) to crack down on smuggling.
- Law-enforcement register. Note: read qī it means to hem/stitch (缉边 to hem an edge).