Jì is the
Mandarin
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Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
pinyin
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romanization of the
Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. It is romanized as Chi in Wade–Giles and Gai or Kai in Cantonese. Ji is listed 263rd in the Song Dynasty Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.
Origin
The Ji 蓟 surname originated from the Ji (state), state of Ji 蓟. According to tradition, after King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang dynasty in 1046/45 BC, he enfeoffed a descendant of the Yellow Emperor at the settlement of Ji, in modern Beijing municipality. Ji was conquered by the neighbouring Yan (state), state of Yan in the 7th century BC, and the people of Ji adopted the name of their former state as their surname.
The most prominent clan (''junwang'', 郡望) of the Ji surname in history is that of the Neihuang Commandery, in modern Henan province.
Notable people
*Ji Zixun (蓟子训), Eastern Han dynasty Taoist who became revered as an Xian (Taoism), immortal
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames