Ji (surname 冀)

For other Chinese surnames also romanized as "Ji", see Ji (surname).
For the Chinese province abbreviated 冀, see Hebei.
Ji (冀)
PronunciationJì (Mandarin)
Kei (Cantonese)
LanguageChinese
Origin
LanguageOld Chinese
Other names
Variant formsChi, Kei

Jì is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 冀 in Chinese character. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles, and Kei in Cantonese. Ji is the 294th most common surname in China, with a population of 160,000. It is listed 316th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.

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